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Real Estate Investment - Details (Details)		1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
Real Estate Investment - Details (Details)	Apr. 01, 2024 USD ($) item Center	Jan. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($) property lease Center item	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) item	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) property item
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Number of properties \| property					127
Gross Investment					$ 1,342,921,000
Lease renewal term			4 years
Write-off of straight-line rent and lease incentives balances					$ 191,000		$ 144,000
SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of properties \| property					50
Lease term					10 years
Gross Investment					$ 597,015,000
Number of operating lease renewals \| lease					2
Lease renewal term					5 years
ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of properties \| property					76
Gross Investment					$ 733,901,000
Mortgage Loans
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of properties \| property					46
Gross Investment					$ 485,095,000
Mortgage Loans \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)					2.25%
Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage Loans With 8.75 Interest \| ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item						85
Gross Investment						$ 19,500,000
Loan Term						3 years
Interest rate (as a percent)						8.75%
Kansas
Real Estate [Line Items]
Total cost					$ 315,000
Increase in rent (as percent)					8.00%
Master lease agreement
Real Estate [Line Items]
Specified annual increase over the prior year's rent (as a percent)					3.30%
2024					$ 9,000,000
2025					9,500,000
2026					$ 10,000,000
Number of operating lease renewals \| lease					2
Lease renewal term					5 years
Repayment on working capital				$ 11,900,000
Master lease agreement \| Working capital loans
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gross Investment				$ 13,531,000
Master lease agreement \| Texas \| SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units \| item					1,444
Skilled nursing center purchased \| Center					11
Additional term of lessor's operating lease renewal					7 months
Annual Rent					$ 1,000,000
Contractual annual cash rent					8,000,000
Lease rent seven months amount					$ 4,667,000
New master lease agreement
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of properties \| property								27
Number of beds/units \| item	666							1,132
Rental income to be received in first year								$ 13,585,000
Specified annual increase over the prior year's rent (as a percent)	2.50%
Number of properties sold \| property								35
Number of beds or units in property sold \| item								1,473
Skilled nursing center purchased \| Center	4
Contractual annual cash rent	$ 8,004,000
GAAP rent	$ 7,049,000
New master lease agreement \| ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of properties sold \| property								8
Number of beds or units in property sold \| item								341
Amount of real estate property sold								$ 27,959,000
Proceeds from Sale of Real Estate								23,232,000
New master lease agreement \| Mortgage Loans \| Mortgage Loans With 8.75 Interest \| ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gross Investment								$ 4,000,000
Loan Term								2 years
Loan extension term								1 year
Interest rate (as a percent)								8.75%
New master lease agreement \| Texas
Real Estate [Line Items]
Skilled nursing center purchased \| Center	3
New master lease agreement \| Oklahoma \| ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of properties \| property								5
Number of beds/units \| item								184
Lease term								3 years
Rental income to be received in first year								$ 960,000
Rental income to be received in second year			$ 984,000
Rental income to be received in third year			$ 1,150,000
Number of properties sold \| property								1
Number of beds or units in property sold \| item								37
Amount of real estate property sold								$ 800,000
Proceeds from Sale of Real Estate								$ 769,000
New master lease agreement \| North Carolina \| ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of properties \| property								5
Number of beds/units \| item								210
Lease term								6 years
Rental income to be received in first year								$ 3,300,000
Specified annual increase over the prior year's rent (as a percent)		3.00%
New master lease agreement \| Florida \| ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of properties sold \| property								4
Number of beds or units in property sold \| item								176
Amount of real estate property sold								$ 18,750,000
Proceeds from Sale of Real Estate								$ 14,310,000
New master lease agreement \| Florida \| Mortgage Loans \| ALF
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Number of properties provided for collateral to seller financing \| property								2
Number of units included in properties provided for collateral to seller financing \| item								92
New master lease agreement \| South Carolina \| ALF
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Number of properties sold \| property								3
Number of beds or units in property sold \| item								128
Amount of real estate property sold								$ 8,409,000
Proceeds from Sale of Real Estate								$ 8,153,000
New master lease agreement \| Wisconsin
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Skilled nursing center purchased \| Center	1
Brookdale Senior Living \| New master lease agreement \| ALF
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Fund for capital expenditures		$ 7,200,000
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Initial rate for capital expenditure by lessor (as a percent)		8.00%
Annual increase in rate for capital expenditure by lessor (as a percent)		2.00%