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Investment Activity (Fourth Quarter 2025 Acquisitions Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions			1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2025 USD ($) property extensionOption	Oct. 01, 2025 USD ($) community property	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($) extensionOption	Jan. 31, 2025 USD ($) extensionOption	Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($) unit
Real Estate [Line Items]
Asset acquisition, transaction cost			$ 0.3	$ 0.2
Loans and leases agreement					$ 149.7
Senior Living Communities in South Carolina
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of units in real estate property | unit					251
Loans and leases agreement					$ 32.7
Senior Living
Real Estate [Line Items]
Loans and leases agreement					6.8
Revolving amount line of credit					$ 15.0
2025 Asset Acquisition
Real Estate [Line Items]
Master lease, term			15 years	10 years
Asset acquisition, number of loan extensions | extensionOption			2	2
Asset acquisition, extension option renewal term			5 years	5 years
Asset acquisition, initial lease rate			8.00%	8.00%
Annual lease escalator			2.00%	2.00%
Subsequent Event
Real Estate [Line Items]
Asset acquisition, transaction cost		$ 0.5
Subsequent Event | Senior Living
Real Estate [Line Items]
Revolving amount line of credit	$ 1.5
Subsequent Event | 2025 Asset Acquisition
Real Estate [Line Items]
Master lease, term	15 years
Asset acquisition, number of loan extensions | extensionOption	2
Asset acquisition, extension option renewal term	5 years
Asset acquisition, initial lease rate	825.00%
Annual lease escalator	2.00%
Subsequent Event | 2025 Asset Acquisition | Senior Living Communities in South Carolina
Real Estate [Line Items]
Loans and leases agreement	$ 32.7
Senior Housing Communities | Subsequent Event
Real Estate [Line Items]
Asset acquisition, communities acquired | property		4
Number of units in real estate property | property		344
Cancellation of mortgage note fund		$ 9.5
Mortgage interest rate		0.085
Senior Housing Communities | Subsequent Event | 2025 Asset Acquisition
Real Estate [Line Items]
Asset acquisition, price of acquisition, expected		$ 74.3
Senior Living | Subsequent Event
Real Estate [Line Items]
Asset acquisition, communities acquired | community		2
Assisted Living Facilities | Subsequent Event
Real Estate [Line Items]
Asset acquisition, communities acquired | community		2
Continuing Care Retirement Community | Subsequent Event | 2025 Asset Acquisition
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of units in real estate property | property	251
Asset acquisition, price of acquisition, expected	$ 52.5

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