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Commitments And Contingencies Schedule of Development Commitments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Schedule of Development Commitments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Lease Commitments [Table Text Block] |
| Asset Class |  | Type |  | Total |  | Funded |  | Remaining
Development Commitments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ignite Medical Resorts | SNF |  | Construction |  | 25,350,000 |  |  | (4,674,000 | ) |  | 20,676,000 |
Woodland Village | SHO |  | Renovation |  | 7,450,000 |  |  | (6,867,000 | ) |  | 583,000 |
Senior Living Communities | SHO |  | Renovation |  | 6,830,000 |  |  | (4,772,000 | ) |  | 2,058,000 |
Bickford Senior Living | SHO |  | Renovation |  | 1,750,000 |  |  | (1,597,000 | ) |  | 153,000 |
Navion Senior Solutions | SHO |  | Construction |  | 650,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 650,000 |
Discovery Senior Living | SHO |  | Renovation |  | 500,000 |  |  | (289,000 | ) |  | 211,000 |
|  |  |  |  | $ | 42,530,000 |  |  | $ | (18,199,000 | ) |  | $ | 24,331,000 |

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