Real Estate Investments - Acquisitions and Improvements (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) item property
Real estate investments
Lease term	10 years
Maximum
Real estate investments
Annual increase in cash yield percentage	4.00%
SNF
Real estate investments
Purchase Price	$ 51,534
Transaction Costs	281
Acquisition Costs	$ 51,815
Number of properties acquired \| property	4
Number of beds/units acquired \| item	339
Lease term	10 years
Renewal term	5 years
Number of options available for renewal \| item	2
Working Capital Loan Funded	$ 1,867
Cash yield percentage	8.00%
Cash yield percentage year two	8.25%
SNF \| Minimum
Real estate investments
Annual increase in cash yield percentage	2.00%
SNF \| Maximum
Real estate investments
Working Capital Loan Funded	$ 2,000

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- Definition

Represents the number of properties acquired in a business acquisition.

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- Definition

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

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- Definition

This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed or capitalized during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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- Definition

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

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- Definition

Number of options available for renewal options for lessor sales type lease.

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- Definition

Cash yield percentage stipulated in lease agreement.

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- Definition

Cash yield percentage stipulated in lease agreement for the second year.

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- Definition

Amount of Working capital loan funded.

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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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- Definition

Term of lessor's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

Term of lessor's sales-type lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

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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