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Commitments And Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
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 |  |  | $ | (54,939,000 | ) |  | $ | 5,061,000 |
Bickford Senior Living | SHO |  | Construction |  | 42,000,000 |  |  | (20,168,000 | ) |  | 21,832,000 |
Senior Living Communities | SHO |  | Revolving Credit |  | 15,000,000 |  |  | (729,000 | ) |  | 14,271,000 |
|  |  |  |  | $ | 117,000,000 |  |  | $ | (75,836,000 | ) |  | $ | 41,164,000 |
Schedule of Lease Commitments [Table Text Block] |
| Asset Class |  | Type |  | Total |  | Funded |  | Remaining
Development Commitments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legend/The Ensign Group | SNF |  | Purchase |  | $ | 56,000,000 |  |  | $ | (28,000,000 | ) |  | $ | 28,000,000 |
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 |  |  | (1,647,000 | ) |  | 753,000 |
East Lake Capital Management | SHO |  | Renovation |  | 400,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 400,000 |
Senior Living Communities | SHO |  | Renovation |  | 6,830,000 |  |  | (1,424,000 | ) |  | 5,406,000 |
Discovery Senior Living | SHO |  | Renovation |  | 500,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 500,000 |
Woodland Village | SHO |  | Renovation |  | 7,450,000 |  |  | (1,709,000 | ) |  | 5,741,000 |
Chancellor Health Care | SHO |  | Construction |  | 650,000 |  |  | (62,000 | ) |  | 588,000 |
Navion Senior Solutions | SHO |  | Construction |  | 650,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 650,000 |
|  |  |  |  | $ | 88,380,000 |  |  | $ | (41,363,000 | ) |  | $ | 47,017,000 |
Schedule of Loss Contingencies [Table Text Block] |
| Asset Class |  | Type |  | Total |  | Funded |  | Remaining
Contingencies: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bickford Senior Living | SHO |  | Lease Inducement |  | $ | 10,000,000 |  |  | $ | (3,250,000 | ) |  | $ | 6,750,000 |
Bickford Senior Living | SHO |  | Incentive Draws |  | 6,000,000 |  |  | (250,000 | ) |  | $ | 5,750,000 |
East Lake Capital Management | SHO |  | Lease Inducement |  | 8,000,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 8,000,000 |
Navion Senior Solutions | SHO |  | Lease Inducement |  | 4,850,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 4,850,000 |
Prestige Care | SHO |  | Lease Inducement |  | 1,000,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,000,000 |
The LaSalle Group | SHO |  | Lease Inducement |  | 5,000,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 5,000,000 |
|  |  |  |  | $ | 34,850,000 |  |  | $ | (3,500,000 | ) |  | $ | 31,350,000 |

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