Real Estate Investments - Mortgage Loan (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) loan property item state $ / item
Mortgage loans with 7.3% Interest Maturing 2025 \| ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Internal Rate of Return	8.00%
Mortgage Loans
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gross Investment \| $	$ 350,037
Percentage of Investment	100.00%
Number of Loans \| loan	8
Number of properties \| property	37
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	99.81
Number of states \| state	6
Number of operators	5
Mortgage Loans \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units	2,916
Mortgage Loans \| ALF Units
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units	591
Mortgage Loans \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	2.25%
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.5% Interest Maturing 2022 \| OTH
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.50%
Gross Investment \| $	$ 1,780
Percentage of Investment	0.50%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.5% Interest Maturing 2022 \| OTH \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units	91
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.5% Interest Maturing 2024 \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.50%
Gross Investment \| $	$ 27,277
Percentage of Investment	7.80%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Number of properties \| property	1
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	144.32
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.5% Interest Maturing 2024 \| SNF \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units	189
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.8% Interest Maturing 2025 \| ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.80%
Gross Investment \| $	$ 12,126
Percentage of Investment	3.50%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Number of properties \| property	1
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	178.32
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.8% Interest Maturing 2025 \| ALF \| ALF Units
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units	68
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.3% Interest Maturing 2025 \| ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.30%
Gross Investment \| $	$ 49,834
Percentage of Investment	14.20%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Number of properties \| property	13
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	95.28
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.3% Interest Maturing 2025 \| ALF \| ALF Units
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units	523
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 10.4% Interest Maturing 2043 \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gross Investment \| $	$ 185,356
Percentage of Investment	53.00%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Number of properties \| property	15
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	98.86
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 10.4% Interest Maturing 2043 \| SNF \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units	1,875
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 9.5% Interest Maturing 2045 \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gross Investment \| $	$ 39,039
Percentage of Investment	11.20%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Number of properties \| property	4
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	77.92
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 9.5% Interest Maturing 2045 \| SNF \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units	501
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 9.6% Interest Maturing 2045, A \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gross Investment \| $	$ 19,750
Percentage of Investment	5.60%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Number of properties \| property	2
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	96.34
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 9.6% Interest Maturing 2045, A \| SNF \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units	205
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 10.0% Interest Maturing 2045 \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gross Investment \| $	$ 14,875
Percentage of Investment	4.20%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Number of properties \| property	1
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	101.88
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 10.0% Interest Maturing 2045 \| SNF \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units	146

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