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Commitments And Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Loan Commitments [Table Text Block] |
| Asset Class |  | Type |  | Total |  | Funded |  | Remaining
Loan Commitments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Life Care Services Note A | SHO |  | Construction |  | $ | 60,000,000 |  |  | $ | (51,871,000 | ) |  | $ | 8,129,000 |
Bickford Senior Living | SHO |  | Construction |  | 28,000,000 |  |  | (8,126,000 | ) |  | 19,874,000 |
Senior Living Communities | SHO |  | Revolving Credit |  | 29,000,000 |  |  | (15,742,000 | ) |  | 13,258,000 |
|  |  |  |  | $ | 117,000,000 |  |  | $ | (75,739,000 | ) |  | $ | 41,261,000 |
Schedule of Lease Commitments [Table Text Block] |
| Asset Class |  | Type |  | Total |  | Funded |  | Remaining
Development Commitments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legend/The Ensign Group | SNF |  | Purchase |  | $ | 56,000,000 |  |  | $ | (14,000,000 | ) |  | $ | 42,000,000 |
Bickford Senior Living | SHO |  | Construction |  | 56,500,000 |  |  | (53,857,000 | ) |  | 2,643,000 |
Chancellor Health Care | SHO |  | Construction |  | 650,000 |  |  | (62,000 | ) |  | 588,000 |
East Lake/Watermark Retirement | SHO |  | Renovation |  | 10,000,000 |  |  | (5,900,000 | ) |  | 4,100,000 |
Santé Partners | SHO |  | Renovation |  | 3,500,000 |  |  | (2,621,000 | ) |  | 879,000 |
Bickford Senior Living | SHO |  | Renovation |  | 2,400,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,400,000 |
East Lake Capital Management | SHO |  | Renovation |  | 400,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 400,000 |
Woodland Village | SHO |  | Renovation |  | 350,000 |  |  | (248,000 | ) |  | 102,000 |
|  |  |  |  | $ | 129,800,000 |  |  | $ | (76,688,000 | ) |  | $ | 53,112,000 |
Schedule of Loss Contingencies [Table Text Block] |
| Asset Class |  | Type |  | Total |  | Funded |  | Remaining
Contingencies: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bickford / Sycamore | SHO |  | Lease Inducement |  | $ | 10,000,000 |  |  | $ | (2,000,000 | ) |  | $ | 8,000,000 |
East Lake Capital Management | SHO |  | Lease Inducement |  | 8,000,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 8,000,000 |
Sycamore Street (Bickford affiliate) | SHO |  | Letter-of-credit |  | 1,930,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,930,000 |
Ravn Senior Solutions | SHO |  | Earnout |  | 1,500,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,500,000 |
Prestige Care | SHO |  | Earnout |  | 1,000,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,000,000 |
The LaSalle Group | SHO |  | Earnout |  | 5,000,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 5,000,000 |
|  |  |  |  | $ | 27,430,000 |  |  | $ | (2,000,000 | ) |  | $ | 25,430,000 |

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