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Impairment Charge | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Asset Impairment Charges [Abstract] |
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5. Impairment Charge No impairment charges on our real estate investments held and used and on our mortgage loans receivable were recorded during 2011, 2010 or 2009. We have evaluated our marketable securities and concluded that our marketable securities were not other-than-temporary impaired. However in past years, the long term care industry experienced significant adverse changes which resulted in operating losses by certain of our lessees and borrowers and in some instances the filing by certain lessees and borrowers for bankruptcy protection. Thus, we cannot predict what, if any, impairment charge may be needed in the future.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the details of the charge against earnings resulting from the aggregate write down of all assets from their carrying value to their fair value. Disclosure may also include a description of the impaired asset and facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, amount of the impairment loss and where the loss is located in the income statement, method(s) for determining fair value, and the segment in which the impaired asset is reported. + References No definition available. + Details
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