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Property, Plant and Equipment and Leasehold Intangibles, Net | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment and Leasehold Intangibles, Net [Abstract] |
Property, Plant and Equipment and Leasehold Intangibles, Net | 7. Property, Plant and Equipment and Leasehold Intangibles, Net Property, plant and equipment and leasehold intangibles, net, which include assets under capital and financing leases, consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):
|  | March 31, 2015 |  |  | December 31, 2014 |
Land |  | $ | 510,749 |  |  | $ | 475,485 |
Buildings and improvements |  |  | 5,227,145 |  |  |  | 5,017,991 |
Leasehold improvements |  |  | 56,603 |  |  |  | 56,515 |
Furniture and equipment |  |  | 777,039 |  |  |  | 735,837 |
Resident and leasehold operating intangibles |  |  | 852,617 |  |  |  | 852,746 |
Construction in progress |  |  | 108,990 |  |  |  | 99,408 |
Assets under capital and financing leases |  |  | 3,024,902 |  |  |  | 3,057,516 |
|  |  | 10,558,045 |  |  |  | 10,295,498 |
Accumulated depreciation and amortization |  |  | (2,123,632 | ) |  |  | (1,905,993 | )
Property, plant and equipment and leasehold intangibles, net |  | $ | 8,434,413 |  |  | $ | 8,389,505 |
Long-lived assets with definite useful lives are depreciated or amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives (or, in certain cases, the shorter of their estimated useful lives or the lease term) and are tested for impairment whenever indicators of impairment arise. No indicators of impairment were present during the three months ended March 31, 2015.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2921-110230 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13-14) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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