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The number of major operators of the entity.

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Amount of security currently held.

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Interest rate of mortgage loan within investment in mortgage loan on real estate by entity with substantial portion of business acquiring and holding investment real estate or interest in real estate.

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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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The number of units in a real estate property owned as of the balance sheet date.

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The carrying amount (fair value) as of the balance sheet date of securities held that had been pledged by counterparties under financing and lending arrangements, pursuant to which the entity has the right by agreement or custom to sell or re-pledge such securities.

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Major Operators (Details)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) item Center	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) item Center property	Dec. 31, 2022 item
Major Operators
Number of major operators \| item		1
Annual current pay rate	8.50%
Current contractual interest rate	10.80%
Contractual interest	$ 19,539,000
Securities for mortgage	3,435,000	$ 3,435,000
Securities held	3,966,000	3,966,000
Maximum \| Prestige Healthcare Mortgage Loan
Major Operators
Interest payment receivable on mortgage loan deferred	1,500,000	1,500,000
Interest receivable on mortgage loan deferral monthly cap amount	$ 300,000	$ 300,000
SNF \| Prestige Healthcare Mortgage Loan
Major Operators
Number of beds/units \| Center	15	15
ALF
Major Operators
Number of beds/units \| item			74
Prestige Healthcare \| SNF
Major Operators
Number of beds \| property		24
Number of beds/units \| item	2,820	2,820
Prestige Healthcare \| ALF
Major Operators
Number of beds/units \| item	93	93
Total Revenues \| Operator Concentration Risk \| Prestige Healthcare
Major Operators
Concentration risk (as a percent)		16.60%
Total Assets \| Credit Concentration Risk \| Prestige Healthcare
Major Operators
Concentration risk (as a percent)		14.30%