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Real Estate Investments (Details 2) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
Real Estate Investments (Details 2) (USD $)	Jan. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012 item property	Feb. 28, 2015
Acquisitions
Number of beds/units acquired				788
Purchase Price				$ 166,750,000
Transaction Costs				767,000
Contingent earn-out payments			7,000,000ltc_EarnOutLiabilitiesPayment
Earn-out liabilities		3,258,000ltc_EarnOutLiabilities	0ltc_EarnOutLiabilities
Total Acquisition Costs				167,517,000
Number of properties				9us-gaap_NumberOfBusinessesAcquired
Commitments funded	731,000
Investment Commitment		29,951,000ltc_InvestmentCommitments
Depreciation expense		25,424,000	24,568,000	22,002,000
Proceeds from sale of real estate investments, net		33,593,000	11,001,000	1,271,000
Gain on sale of properties		4,959,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfProperties
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Acquisitions
Earn-out liabilities		3,258,000
Real Estate Development Commitments [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Acquisitions
Investment Commitment				49,702,000
Skilled Nursing Properties [Member]
Acquisitions
Number of beds/units acquired				522
Purchase Price				79,100,000	13,946,000
Transaction Costs				275,000
Total Acquisition Costs				79,375,000
Number of properties				4
Lease inducement fee					1,054,000
Skilled Nursing Properties [Member] \| Texas
Acquisitions
Number of beds/units acquired				234
Number of properties				2
Skilled Nursing Properties with 140 Units [Member] \| Texas
Acquisitions
Number of beds or units in property sold				140
Proceeds from sale of real estate investments, net				1,248,000
Skilled Nursing Properties with 47 Units [Member] \| Colorado
Acquisitions
Number of beds or units in property sold			47
Proceeds from sale of real estate investments, net			1,000
Land [Member]
Acquisitions
Purchase Price				5,663,000
Transaction Costs				207,000
Total Acquisition Costs				5,870,000
Number of Parcels of Land				4
Assisted Living Properties [Member]
Acquisitions
Number of beds/units acquired				266
Purchase Price				81,987,000
Transaction Costs				285,000
Total Acquisition Costs				82,272,000
Number of properties				5
Assisted Living Properties [Member] \| Colorado
Acquisitions
Number of beds/units acquired				100
Number of properties				2
Assisted Living Properties [Member] \| Colorado \| Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Acquisitions
Earn-out liabilities		3,240,000
Memory Care Property [Member] \| Real Estate Development Commitments [Member]
Acquisitions
Number of Developments			3
Memory Care Property [Member] \| Real Estate Development Commitments [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Acquisitions
Investment Commitment			30,256,000
Memory Care Property [Member] \| Texas \| Real Estate Development Commitments [Member]
Acquisitions
Commitments funded					7,195,000
Investment Commitment					12,179,000
Real Estate Investment [Member]
Acquisitions
Investment Commitment		29,951,000
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Acquisitions
Initial term of lease		15 years
Specified annual increase over the prior year's rent (as a percent)		3.00%
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Skilled Nursing Properties [Member]
Acquisitions
Investment Commitment		2,200,000
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Land [Member]
Acquisitions
Number of Parcels of Land		5
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Land [Member] \| Texas \| Real Estate Development Commitments [Member]
Acquisitions
Commitments funded					7,195,000
Investment Commitment					12,179,000
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Land [Member] \| Colorado
Acquisitions
Purchase Price			3,475,000
Number of vacant parcels of land			3
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Land [Member] \| Colorado \| Real Estate Development Commitments [Member]
Acquisitions
Purchase Price					2,490,000
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Land [Member] \| Michigan
Acquisitions
Purchase Price		450,000	1,163,000
Number of Parcels of Land			4
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Land [Member] \| South Carolina \| Real Estate Development Commitments [Member]
Acquisitions
Purchase Price					2,490,000
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Land [Member] \| Illinois \| Real Estate Pipeline Agreement [Member]
Acquisitions
Purchase Price		1,400,000
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Assisted Living Properties [Member]
Acquisitions
Investment Commitment		27,751,000
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Assisted Living Properties [Member] \| Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust and Enlivant [Member]
Acquisitions
Number of properties sold		16
Number of beds or units in property sold		615
Sales price		26,465,000
Proceeds from sale of real estate investments, net		25,702,000
Gain on sale of properties		3,819,000
Net book value of property to be closed		935,000
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Assisted Living Properties [Member] \| Colorado
Acquisitions
Number of beds/units acquired		48
Purchase Price		9,800,000
Transaction Costs		130,000
Incremental initial cash yield at which property will be added to a master lease (as a percent)		6.50%
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Assisted Living Properties [Member] \| Colorado \| Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Acquisitions
Number of earn-out payments		2
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Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Assisted Living Properties [Member] \| Colorado \| Maximum [Member] \| Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Acquisitions
Contingent earn-out payments		4,000,000
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Assisted Living Properties [Member] \| Florida and Georgia [Member]
Acquisitions
Number of properties sold		2
Number of beds or units in property sold		133
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Memory Care Property [Member]
Acquisitions
Number of Beds or Units under Development		126
Number of Developments		2
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Memory Care Property [Member] \| Texas \| Real Estate Development Commitments [Member]
Acquisitions
Incremental initial cash yield at which property will be added to a master lease (as a percent)					8.75%
Number of Beds or Units under Development					56
Initial term of lease					15 years
Number of renewal options					3
Term of each renewal option					5 years
Specified annual increase over the prior year's rent (as a percent)					2.25%
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Memory Care Property [Member] \| Texas \| Real Estate Development Commitments [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Acquisitions
Lease inducement fee					1,589,000
Percentage of the lease inducement fee to be disbursed at or shortly after closing (as a percent)					25.00%
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Memory Care Property [Member] \| Illinois \| Real Estate Development Commitments [Member]
Acquisitions
Number of Beds or Units under Development		66
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Memory Care Property [Member] \| Illinois \| Real Estate Development Commitments [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Acquisitions
Investment Commitment		12,248,000
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Memory Care Property with 60 Units [Member] \| Real Estate Development Commitments [Member]
Acquisitions
Investment Commitment		10,703,000
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Assisted Living and Memory Care Properties [Member] \| South Carolina \| Real Estate Development Commitments [Member]
Acquisitions
Number of Beds or Units under Development					89
Lease inducement fee					2,363,000
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Assisted Living and Memory Care Properties [Member] \| South Carolina \| Real Estate Development Commitments [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Acquisitions
Investment Commitment					16,535,000
Percentage of the lease inducement fee to be disbursed at or shortly after closing (as a percent)					25.00%
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Assisted Living Properties, School and Skilled Nursing Property [Member] \| Florida, Georgia and Minnesota [Member]
Acquisitions
Sales price		8,100,000
Proceeds from sale of real estate investments, net		7,891,000
Gain on sale of properties		$ 1,140,000