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Property, Plant and Equipment and Leasehold Intangibles, Net | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property, Plant and Equipment and Leasehold Intangibles, Net | Property, Plant and Equipment and Leasehold Intangibles, Net As of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, net property, plant and equipment and leasehold intangibles, which include assets under capital and financing leases, consisted of the following (in thousands):
| June 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Land | $ | 451,875 |  |  | $ | 455,307 |
Buildings and improvements | 5,058,293 |  |  | 5,053,204 |
Leasehold improvements | 119,874 |  |  | 126,325 |
Furniture and equipment | 982,846 |  |  | 974,516 |
Resident and leasehold operating intangibles | 611,908 |  |  | 705,000 |
Construction in progress | 52,399 |  |  | 69,803 |
Assets under capital and financing leases | 2,040,965 |  |  | 2,879,996 |
| 9,318,160 |  |  | 10,264,151 |
Accumulated depreciation and amortization | (2,894,319 | ) |  | (2,884,846 | )
Property, plant and equipment and leasehold intangibles, net | $ | 6,423,841 |  |  | $ | 7,379,305 |
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. The Company recorded $1.6 million and $2.6 million of non-cash charges within asset impairment expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively, for property damage at certain communities and the cancellation of certain community expansion and redevelopment projects.

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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 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823 + Details
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