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Mortgage And Other Notes Receivable Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable (Schedule of New Investments) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Current Period Investment [Member] |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |
Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Table Text Block] | During the year ended December 31, 2019, we announced the following note receivable investments and commitments as described below (dollars in thousands):
Operator |  | Date |  | Properties |  | Asset Class |  | Amount
Note Investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Living Communities |  | June 2019 |  | 1 |  | SHO |  | 32,700 |
41 Management |  | June 2019 |  | 1 |  | SHO |  | 10,800 |
Discovery Senior Living |  | July 2019 |  | 1 |  | SHO |  | 750 |
Discovery Senior Living |  | August 2019 |  | 1 |  | SHO |  | 6,423 |
41 Management |  | December 2019 |  | 1 |  | SHO |  | 3,870 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 54,543 |

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