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Real Estate Investments - Mortgage Loan (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) item property loan state $ / item	Mar. 31, 2022 item	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gross Investment	$ 46,936
Number of Loans \| loan	11
Notes receivable, net of credit loss reserve	$ 46,467		$ 58,383
Additional interest income related to the exit IRR	$ 1,380
Mezzanine loan
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)		8.00%
Number of beds/units \| item	136	621
Loan Term		5 years
Additional interest income related to the exit IRR	$ 1,380
Mezzanine loan \| ILF/ALF/MC \| Georgia
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gross Investment	42,251
Mortgage loans with 7.5% Interest Maturing 2024 \| Mezzanine loan
Real Estate [Line Items]
Notes receivable, net of credit loss reserve	7,461
Mortgage Loans
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gross Investment	$ 457,524
Percentage of Investment	100.00%
Number of Loans \| loan	12
Number of properties \| property	43
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	115.92
Number of borrowers \| item	6
Number of states in which properties are located \| state	7
Mortgage Loans \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item	2,891
Mortgage Loans \| ALF Units
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item	1,056
Mortgage Loans \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	2.25%
Mortgage Loans \| ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Internal Rate of Return	8.00%
Mortgage Loans \| ILF/ALF/MC \| Georgia
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.50%
Gross Investment	$ 51,111
Number of beds/units \| item	203
Internal Rate of Return	7.75%
Payments to Acquire Real Estate	$ 51,111
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.5% Interest Maturing 2023 \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item	91
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.5% Interest Maturing 2023 \| OTH
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.50%
Gross Investment	$ 1,886
Percentage of Investment	0.40%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.5% Interest Maturing 2024 \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.50%
Gross Investment	$ 29,346
Percentage of Investment	6.40%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Number of properties \| property	1
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	155.27
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.5% Interest Maturing 2024 \| SNF \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item	189
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.5% Interest Maturing 2024 \| ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.50%
Gross Investment	$ 51,111
Percentage of Investment	11.20%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Number of properties \| property	1
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	251.78
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.5% Interest Maturing 2024 \| ALF \| ALF Units
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item	203
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.8% Interest Maturing 2025 \| ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.80%
Gross Investment	$ 15,260
Percentage of Investment	3.40%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Number of properties \| property	1
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	224.41
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.8% Interest Maturing 2025 \| ALF \| ALF Units
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item	68
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.3% Interest Maturing 2025, NC \| ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.30%
Gross Investment	$ 10,750
Percentage of Investment	2.40%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Number of properties \| property	1
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	238.89
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.3% Interest Maturing 2025, NC \| ALF \| ALF Units
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item	45
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.3% Interest Maturing 2025, NC \| ALF \| ALF Units \| North Carolina
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.25%
Number of beds/units \| item	45
Loan Term	2 years
Internal Rate of Return	9.00%
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.3% Interest Maturing 2025, NC/SC \| ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.30%
Gross Investment	$ 56,855
Percentage of Investment	12.40%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Number of properties \| property	13
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	108.71
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.3% Interest Maturing 2025, NC/SC \| ALF \| ALF Units
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item	523
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.3% Interest Maturing 2026 \| OTH
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.30%
Gross Investment	$ 812
Percentage of Investment	0.20%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
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Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.30%
Gross Investment	$ 33,598
Percentage of Investment	7.30%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Number of properties \| property	4
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	154.83
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.3% Interest Maturing 2026 \| ALF \| ALF Units
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item	217
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 10.6% Interest Maturing 2043 \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	10.60%
Gross Investment	$ 184,349
Percentage of Investment	40.30%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Number of properties \| property	15
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	98.32
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 10.6% Interest Maturing 2043 \| SNF \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item	1,875
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 9.6% Interest Maturing 2045 [Member] \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	9.60%
Gross Investment	$ 38,957
Percentage of Investment	8.50%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Number of properties \| property	4
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	81.16
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 9.6% Interest Maturing 2045 [Member] \| SNF \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item	480
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 9.8% Interest Maturing 2045 \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	9.80%
Gross Investment	$ 19,750
Percentage of Investment	4.30%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Number of properties \| property	2
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	98.26
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 9.8% Interest Maturing 2045 \| SNF \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item	201
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 10.3% Interest Maturing 2045 \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	10.30%
Gross Investment	$ 14,850
Percentage of Investment	3.20%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Number of properties \| property	1
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	101.71
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 10.3% Interest Maturing 2045 \| SNF \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item	146