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Commitments And Contingencies Schedule of Development Commitments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Schedule of Development Commitments [Abstract] |
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 |
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 |  |  | (122,000 | ) |  | 2,278,000 |
East Lake Capital Management | SHO |  | Renovation |  | 400,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 400,000 |
Senior Living Communities | SHO |  | Renovation |  | 6,830,000 |  |  | (970,000 | ) |  | 5,860,000 |
Discovery Senior Living | SHO |  | Renovation |  | 500,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 500,000 |
Woodland Village | SHO |  | Renovation |  | 7,450,000 |  |  | (762,000 | ) |  | 6,688,000 |
Chancellor Health Care | SHO |  | Construction |  | 650,000 |  |  | (62,000 | ) |  | 588,000 |
Navion Senior Solutions | SHO |  | Construction |  | 650,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 650,000 |
|  |  |  |  | $ | 88,380,000 |  |  | $ | (24,437,000 | ) |  | $ | 63,943,000 |

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