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Real Estate Investments - Mortgage Loan (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) property item state	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) property loan item state $ / item	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) item property	Mar. 31, 2023 item
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	8.50%
Gross Investment \| $	$ 61,101	$ 61,101
Number of Loans \| property		9
Number of properties \| property	134	134
Notes receivable, net of credit loss reserve \| $	$ 60,490	$ 60,490	$ 58,383
Additional interest income related to the exit IRR \| $		$ 1,380
SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of properties \| property	50	50
ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of properties \| property	83	83
Number of beds/units \| item			74
ALF \| North Carolina
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of properties \| property			4
Number of beds/units \| item			217
ALF & MC \| North Carolina
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item				523
Mezzanine loan
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)			8.00%
Number of beds/units \| item	136	136	621
Loan Term			5 years
Extension term number of options \| item			2
Additional interest income related to the exit IRR \| $		$ 1,380
Mezzanine loan \| Georgia
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)		8.75%
Number of beds/units \| item	130	130
Loan Term		5 years
Mezzanine loan \| ILF/ALF/MC \| Georgia
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)		7.50%
Gross Investment \| $	$ 42,251	$ 42,251
Internal Rate of Return		7.75%
Mortgage loans with 7.5% Interest Maturing 2024 \| Mezzanine loan
Real Estate [Line Items]
Notes receivable, net of credit loss reserve \| $	7,461	$ 7,461
Mortgage loans with 8.8% Interest Maturing 2028 \| SNF \| Illinois
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)		8.75%
Gross Investment \| $	$ 16,500	$ 16,500
Number of beds/units \| item	150	150
Mortgage Loans
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gross Investment \| $	$ 482,080	$ 482,080
Percentage of Investment	100.00%	100.00%
Number of Loans \| loan		14
Number of properties \| property	46	46
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item		113.89
Number of states in which properties are located \| state	8	8
Number of borrowers \| item	8	8
Mortgage Loans \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item	3,041	3,041
Mortgage Loans \| ALF Units
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item	1,192	1,192
Mortgage Loans \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)		2.25%
Mortgage Loans \| ILF/ALF/MC \| Georgia
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gross Investment \| $	$ 51,111	$ 51,111
Number of beds/units	203	203
Payments to Acquire Real Estate \| $		$ 51,111
Mortgage Loans \| ALF/OTH
Real Estate [Line Items]
Internal Rate of Return		8.00%
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	$ 29,346
Percentage of Investment	6.10%	6.10%
Number of Loans \| loan		1
Number of properties \| property	1	1
Number of beds/units \| item	91	91
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item		155.27
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.5% Interest Maturing 2024 \| SNF \| SNF Beds
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Number of beds/units \| item	189	189
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.5% Interest Maturing 2024 \| OTH
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)		7.50%
Gross Investment \| $	$ 1,999	$ 1,999
Percentage of Investment	0.40%	0.40%
Number of Loans \| loan		1
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Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)		7.50%
Gross Investment \| $	$ 51,111	$ 51,111
Percentage of Investment	10.60%	10.60%
Number of Loans \| loan		1
Number of properties \| property	1	1
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item		251.78
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.5% Interest Maturing 2024 \| ALF \| ALF Units
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Number of beds/units \| item	203	203
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 8.8% Interest Maturing 2025 \| ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)		8.80%
Gross Investment \| $	$ 4,000	$ 4,000
Percentage of Investment	0.80%	0.80%
Number of Loans \| loan		1
Number of properties \| property	2	2
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item		43.48
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Number of beds/units \| item	92	92
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.8% Interest Maturing 2025 \| ALF
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Gross Investment \| $	$ 16,706	$ 16,706
Percentage of Investment	3.40%	3.40%
Number of Loans \| loan		1
Number of properties \| property	1	1
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item		149.16
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.8% Interest Maturing 2025 \| ALF \| ALF Units
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Number of beds/units \| item	112	112
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	$ 10,750
Percentage of Investment	2.20%	2.20%
Number of Loans \| loan		1
Number of properties \| property	1	1
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item		238.89
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.3% Interest Maturing 2025, NC \| ALF \| North Carolina
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Number of beds/units \| item	45	45
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.3% Interest Maturing 2025, NC \| ALF \| ALF Units
Real Estate [Line Items]
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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%
Internal Rate of Return		9.00%
Loan Term		2 years
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Interest rate (as a percent)		7.30%
Gross Investment \| $	$ 58,331	$ 58,331
Percentage of Investment	12.10%	12.10%
Number of Loans \| loan		1
Number of properties \| property	13	13
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item		111.53
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.3% Interest Maturing 2025, NC/SC \| ALF \| ALF Units
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Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.3% Interest Maturing 2026 \| OTH
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Interest rate (as a percent)		7.30%
Gross Investment \| $	$ 826	$ 826
Percentage of Investment	0.20%	0.20%
Number of Loans \| loan		1
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Gross Investment \| $	$ 34,043	$ 34,043
Percentage of Investment	7.10%	7.10%
Number of Loans \| loan		1
Number of properties \| property	4	4
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item		156.88
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 7.3% Interest Maturing 2026 \| ALF \| ALF Units
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Number of beds/units \| item	217	217
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 8.8% Interest Maturing 2028 \| SNF
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Gross Investment \| $	$ 16,500	$ 16,500
Percentage of Investment	3.40%	3.40%
Number of Loans \| loan		1
Number of properties \| property	1	1
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item		110.00
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 8.8% Interest Maturing 2028 \| SNF \| SNF Beds
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Number of beds/units \| item	150	150
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 10.84% Interest Maturing 2043 \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)		10.80%
Gross Investment \| $	$ 183,968	$ 183,968
Percentage of Investment	38.20%	38.20%
Number of Loans \| loan		1
Number of properties \| property	15	15
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item		98.12
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 10.84% Interest Maturing 2043 \| SNF \| SNF Beds
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Number of beds/units \| item	1,875	1,875
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 9.78% Interest Maturing 2045 \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)		9.80%
Gross Investment \| $	$ 39,950	$ 39,950
Percentage of Investment	8.30%	8.30%
Number of Loans \| loan		1
Number of properties \| property	4	4
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item		83.23
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 9.78% Interest Maturing 2045 \| SNF \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item	480	480
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 10.1% Interest Maturing 2045 \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)		10.10%
Gross Investment \| $	$ 19,700	$ 19,700
Percentage of Investment	4.10%	4.10%
Number of Loans \| loan		1
Number of properties \| property	2	2
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item		98.01
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage loans with 10.1% Interest Maturing 2045 \| SNF \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item	201	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	$ 14,850
Percentage of Investment	3.10%	3.10%
Number of Loans \| loan		1
Number of properties \| property	1	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	146