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Acquisitions (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014 Community | Feb. 28, 2015 Community | May 01, 2015 Community | Jul. 31, 2014 Community
Schedule of Acquisitions and Disposals [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss on facility lease termination | $ 76,143,000 us-gaap_GainLossOnContractTermination | $ 0 us-gaap_GainLossOnContractTermination |  |  |  |
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments | 1,800,000 us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments |  |  |  |  |
Pro-forma consolidated operational data [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 1,269,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaRevenue |  |  |  |
Net loss attributable to common shares |  | (15,000,000)us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLoss |  |  |  |
Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common shares |  | $ (0.09)bkd_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted |  |  |  |
Weighted average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share (in shares) |  | 172,062,000 bkd_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaWeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted |  |  |  |
Transaction costs | 6,742,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts | 10,844,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts |  |  |  |
January 1, 2015 purchase of communities under HCP Purchase Option [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Acquisitions and Disposals [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of communities purchased or sold | 8 bkd_NumberOfCommunitiesPurchasedOrSold / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_January12015PurchaseOfCommunitiesUnderHCPPurchaseOptionMember |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate purchase price | 51,400,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesAndInterestInAffiliates / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_January12015PurchaseOfCommunitiesUnderHCPPurchaseOptionMember |  |  |  |  |
Communities agreed to purchase under HCP Master Lease Purchase Option [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Acquisitions and Disposals [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of communities purchased or sold |  |  | 9 bkd_NumberOfCommunitiesPurchasedOrSold / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_CommunitiesAgreedToPurchaseUnderHCPMasterLeasePurchaseOptionMember |  |  |
Aggregate purchase price |  |  | 60,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesAndInterestInAffiliates / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_CommunitiesAgreedToPurchaseUnderHCPMasterLeasePurchaseOptionMember |  |  |
February 2015 acquisition of 15 communities [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Acquisitions and Disposals [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of communities purchased or sold |  |  |  | 15 bkd_NumberOfCommunitiesPurchasedOrSold / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_February2015AcquisitionOf15CommunitiesMember |  |
Aggregate purchase price |  |  |  | 268,600,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesAndInterestInAffiliates / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_February2015AcquisitionOf15CommunitiesMember |  |
Loss on facility lease termination |  |  |  | 76,100,000 us-gaap_GainLossOnContractTermination / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_February2015AcquisitionOf15CommunitiesMember |  |
Reversal of deferred lease liability |  |  |  | 5,300,000 bkd_ReversalOfDeferredLeaseLiability / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_February2015AcquisitionOf15CommunitiesMember |  |
Fair Value of Assets Acquired |  |  |  | 187,200,000 us-gaap_FairValueOfAssetsAcquired / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_February2015AcquisitionOf15CommunitiesMember |  |
SellerFinanced Debt [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Acquisitions and Disposals [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal | 20,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_SellerfinancedDebtMember |  |  |  |  |
LoanTerm | 5 years |  |  |  |  |
Seller financing fixed rate | 8.00%bkd_SellerFinancingFixedRate / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_SellerfinancedDebtMember |  |  |  |  |
May 1, 2015 purchase of community under HCP Purchase Option [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Acquisitions and Disposals [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of communities purchased or sold |  |  |  |  | 1 bkd_NumberOfCommunitiesPurchasedOrSold / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_May12015PurchaseOfCommunityUnderHCPPurchaseOptionMember |
Aggregate purchase price |  |  |  |  | 8,600,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesAndInterestInAffiliates / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_May12015PurchaseOfCommunityUnderHCPPurchaseOptionMember |
Emeritus [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Acquisitions and Disposals [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of communities operated |  |  |  |  |  | 493 bkd_NumberOfCommunitiesOperated / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_EmeritusMember
Number of communities operated under long-term leases |  |  |  |  |  | 311 bkd_NumberOfCommunitiesOperatedUnderLongTermLeases / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_EmeritusMember
Number of communities owned by the entity |  |  |  |  |  | 182 bkd_NumberOfCommunitiesOwnedByEntity / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_EmeritusMember
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Acquisitions |  |  |  |  |  | 47,600,000 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesAcquisitions / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_EmeritusMember
Amount of mortgage indebtedness assumed |  |  |  |  |  | 1,400,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNoncurrentLiabilitiesLongTermDebt / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_EmeritusMember
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments | 1,800,000 us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_EmeritusMember |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate acquisition-date fair value of purchase consideration transferred |  |  |  |  |  | 3,000,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_EmeritusMember
Fair value of Brookdale common stock issued |  |  |  |  |  | 1,600,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedLessNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_EmeritusMember
Pro-forma consolidated operational data [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Transaction costs |  | $ 10,400,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = bkd_EmeritusMember |  |  |  |

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