Real Estate Investments - Owned Properties (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) state item property $ / item
Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 1,305,918
Percentage of Investments	100.00%
Number of properties \| property	181
Number of states \| state	28
Number of operators \| item	27
Operating leases
Number of ways to compute annual rent increases \| item	4
Real Estate Investment \| Minimum
Operating leases
Operating Lease Initial Term	10 years
Specified annual increase over the prior year's rent (as a percent)	2.00%
Real Estate Investment \| Maximum
Operating leases
Operating Lease Initial Term	15 years
Specified annual increase over the prior year's rent (as a percent)	3.00%
Real Estate Investment \| SNF Beds
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units \| item	9,363
Real Estate Investment \| ALF Units
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units \| item	5,981
ROC
Real Estate Investments
Number of properties reclassified during period \| property	7
ALF \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 699,004
Percentage of Investments	53.50%
Number of properties \| property	104
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	122.48
ALF \| Real Estate Investment \| ALF Units
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units \| item	5,707
SNF \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 579,627
Percentage of Investments	44.40%
Number of properties \| property	76
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	60.89
SNF \| Real Estate Investment \| Development
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units under development \| item	143
SNF \| Real Estate Investment \| SNF Beds
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units \| item	9,245
SNF \| Real Estate Investment \| ALF Units
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units \| item	274
SNFs with ALF units \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Number of properties \| property	7
Properties under Development \| Development
Real Estate Investments
Number of developments \| item	3
Properties under Development \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 17,071
Percentage of Investments	1.30%
Other \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 10,216
Percentage of Investments	0.80%
Number of properties \| property	1
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	78.39
Number of parcels of land \| item	3
Other \| Real Estate Investment \| SNF Beds
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units \| item	118
MC \| Real Estate Investment \| Development
Real Estate Investments
Number of developments \| property	2
Number of beds/units under development \| property	132
Hospital \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Number of properties \| property	1
Hospital \| Real Estate Investment \| SNF Beds
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units \| property	2
Hospital \| Real Estate Investment \| Hospital Beds
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units \| property	116

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(d))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

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