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Real Estate (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Real Estate [Abstract] |
Schedule of Bickford Leases [Table Text Block] | As of December 31, 2018, our Bickford Senior Living (“Bickford”) portfolio consists of leases with primary lease expiration dates as follows (in thousands):
| Lease Expiration |
| June 2023 | September 2024 | September 2027 | May 2031 | April 2033 | Total
Number of Properties | 13 |  | 10 |  | 4 |  | 20 |  | 5 |  | 52 |
2018 Annual Contractual Rent | $ | 11,133 |  | $ | 9,264 |  | $ | 1,515 |  | $ | 19,988 |  | $ | 3,165 |  | $ | 45,065 |
2018 Straight Line Rent Adjustment | 588 |  | (260 | ) | 221 |  | 3,865 |  | 614 |  | 5,028 |
Total Revenues | $ | 11,721 |  | $ | 9,004 |  | $ | 1,736 |  | $ | 23,853 |  | $ | 3,779 |  | $ | 50,093 |
New Real Estate Investments [Table Text Block] | During the year ended December 31, 2018, we announced the following real estate investments and commitments as described below (dollars in thousands):
Operator |  | Date |  | Properties |  | Asset Class |  | Amount
The Ensign Group |  | January/May 2018 |  | 3 |  | SNF |  | $ | 43,404 |
Bickford Senior Living |  | April 2018 |  | 5 |  | SHO |  | 69,750 |
Comfort Care Senior Living |  | May 2018 |  | 2 |  | SHO |  | 17,140 |
Ignite Medical Resorts |  | December 2018 |  | 1 |  | SNF |  | 25,350 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 155,644 |
Summary of NHC Percentage Rent [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the percentage rent income from NHC (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Current year | $ | 3,411 |  |  | $ | 3,127 |  |  | $ | 2,932 |
Prior year final certification 1 | 285 |  |  | 194 |  |  | 547 |
Total percentage rent | $ | 3,696 |  |  | $ | 3,321 |  |  | $ | 3,479 |
1 For purposes of the percentage rent calculation described in the Master Lease Agreement, NHC’s annual revenue by facility for a given year is certified to NHI by March 31st of the following year.
Future Minimum Lease Payments [Table Text Block] | Future Minimum Lease Payments At December 31, 2018, the future minimum lease payments (excluding percentage rent) to be received by us under our operating leases with our tenants are as follows (in thousands):
2019 |  | $ | 304,887 |
2020 |  | 254,321 |
2021 |  | 255,806 |
2022 |  | 258,245 |
2023 |  | 252,602 |
Thereafter |  | 1,705,141 |
|  | $ | 3,031,002 |

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