Represents the number of properties acquired in a business acquisition.

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Represents the number of beds/units in the acquired business.

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Represents the purchase price and the transaction costs of the real estate investment acquisition.

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- Definition

Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of liabilities incurred by the acquirer as part of consideration transferred in a business combination.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Real Estate Investments - Acquisitions (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) item	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) item property	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) item property
2017 Acquisitions \| ALF
Real estate investments
Purchase Price		$ 54,463
Transaction Costs		277
Total Acquisition Costs		$ 54,740
Number of properties acquired \| property		3
Number of beds/units acquired \| item		240
2017 Acquisitions \| ALF \| ALF Units
Real estate investments
Number of beds/units acquired \| item		107
2017 Acquisitions \| MC \| Memory Care Property with 73 Units
Real estate investments
Number of beds/units acquired \| item		73
2017 Acquisitions \| MC \| Memory Care Property with 60 Units
Real estate investments
Purchase Price	$ 15,650	$ 15,650
Number of beds/units acquired \| item	60	60
2017 Acquisitions \| ALF & MC
Real estate investments
Purchase Price		$ 38,813
2016 Acquisitions
Real estate investments
Purchase Price			$ 69,550
Transaction Costs			391
Total Acquisition Costs			$ 69,941
Number of properties acquired \| property			5
Number of beds/units acquired \| item			396
2016 Acquisitions \| SNF
Real estate investments
Purchase Price			$ 16,000
Transaction Costs			45
Total Acquisition Costs			$ 16,045
Number of properties acquired \| property			1
Number of beds/units acquired \| item			126
2016 Acquisitions \| SNF \| Texas
Real estate investments
Number of beds/units acquired \| item			126
2016 Acquisitions \| ALF
Real estate investments
Purchase Price			$ 53,550
Transaction Costs			346
Total Acquisition Costs			$ 53,896
Number of properties acquired \| property			4
Number of beds/units acquired \| item			270
2016 Acquisitions \| ALF \| Kentucky
Real estate investments
Purchase Price			$ 14,250
2016 Acquisitions \| ALF \| Kentucky \| Holdback
Real estate investments
Contingent consideration			2,000
2016 Acquisitions \| ALF \| Kansas
Real estate investments
Purchase Price			$ 25,000
Number of properties acquired \| item			2
2016 Acquisitions \| ALF & MC \| Georgia
Real estate investments
Purchase Price			$ 14,300