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Variable Interest Entities (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014
Unconsolidated Variable Interest Entities
Company's involvement with VIEs:
Number of senior housing facilities leased	48
Number of VIE tenants	7
CCRC OpCo
Company's involvement with VIEs:
Maximum Loss Exposure	$ 249,856
Assets/liability type	Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures
Carrying amount	249,856
VIE tenants-operating leases
Company's involvement with VIEs:
Maximum Loss Exposure	215,504
Assets/liability type	Lease intangibles, net and straight-line rent receivables
Carrying amount	13,258
VIE tenants-DFLs
Company's involvement with VIEs:
Maximum Loss Exposure	1,050,995
Assets/liability type	Net investment in DFLs
Carrying amount	600,493
Loan-senior secured
Company's involvement with VIEs:
Maximum Loss Exposure	17,470
Assets/liability type	Loans receivable, net
Carrying amount	17,470
Loan-senior secured | Delphis
Company's involvement with VIEs:
Number of partnerships, which are tenants of the company	1
CMBS
Company's involvement with VIEs:
Maximum Loss Exposure	17,433
Assets/liability type	Marketable debt securities
Carrying amount	$ 17,433
Consolidated Variable Interest Entities
Company's involvement with VIEs:
Number of tax credit subsidiaries	2
Percentage of partnership interest	80.00%
RIDEA JV
Company's involvement with VIEs:
Percentage of partnership interest	90.00%

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- Definition

Represents the number of partnerships that lease property owned by the entity.

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- Definition

Number of properties leased by the entity to tenants that have been identified as a VIE.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

Represents the number of tax credit subsidiaries.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

Number of tenants of properties leased by entity for which the tenant is considered a VIE tenant.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

Balance sheet classification of the Variable Interest Entity's (VIE) assets included in the statement of financial position of the reporting entity. This element is applicable for variable interests whether the reporting entity has a controlling financial interest (primary beneficiary) or not.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 810

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-Subparagraph (bb)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28200181&loc=d3e5710-111685

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- Definition

The net carrying amount of the consolidated Variable Interest Entity's assets and liabilities included in the reporting entity's statement of financial position.

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- Definition

The reporting entity's maximum amount of exposure to loss as a result of its involvement with the Variable Interest Entity (VIE).

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 810

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

-Subparagraph b

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28200181&loc=d3e5728-111685



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 810

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 6

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28200181&loc=d3e5747-111685

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- Definition

Percentage of the Variable Interest Entity's (VIE) voting interest owned by (or beneficial interest in) the reporting entity (directly or indirectly).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 810

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 5A

-Subparagraph (d)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28200181&loc=SL6759159-111685

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