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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Aug. 01, 2007 | Apr. 07, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2011
Income tax disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |
Income tax expense (benefit), including discontinued operations | $ 250,000 hcp_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitIncludingDiscontinuedOperations | $ 6,000,000 hcp_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitIncludingDiscontinuedOperations | $ 2,000,000 hcp_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitIncludingDiscontinuedOperations |  |  |
Deferred income tax expense (benefit) | (5,000,000)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | 3,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | (3,000,000)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |  |  |
Amount that tax basis of net assets is less than reported amounts | 7,700,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities |  |  |  |  |
U.K. income tax benefit | 700,000 us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit |  |  |  |  |
SEUSA |  |  |  |  |  |
Income tax disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |
Period during which disposition of pre-acquisition assets are subject to corporate level tax |  |  |  | 10 years |  |
Reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at the beginning of the year | 1,087,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hcp_SloughEstatesUSAIncorporationsMember | 1,977,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hcp_SloughEstatesUSAIncorporationsMember |  |  |  | 1,977,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hcp_SloughEstatesUSAIncorporationsMember
Reductions based on prior years' tax positions | (1,087,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hcp_SloughEstatesUSAIncorporationsMember | (890,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hcp_SloughEstatesUSAIncorporationsMember |  |  |  |
Balance at the end of the year |  | 1,087,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hcp_SloughEstatesUSAIncorporationsMember |  |  |  | 1,977,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hcp_SloughEstatesUSAIncorporationsMember
HCR ManorCare |  |  |  |  |  |
Income tax disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |
Period during which disposition of pre-acquisition assets are subject to corporate level tax |  |  |  |  | 10 years |
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits due to lapse in the statute of limitations | 1,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hcp_HCRManorCareIncMember | 1,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hcp_HCRManorCareIncMember |  |  |  |
Reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at the beginning of the year |  |  |  |  | $ 2,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hcp_HCRManorCareIncMember |

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