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Real Estate Investments (Details 2) (USD $)	3 Months Ended					3 Months Ended						12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012 property agreement operator	Mar. 31, 2011 property operator agreement	Mar. 31, 2011 Skilled Nursing payment property Unit	Mar. 31, 2011 Skilled Nursing Maximum	Mar. 31, 2012 Skilled Nursing Capital improvement commitment expiring 10/11/2013	Mar. 31, 2012 Skilled Nursing SNF Beds Capital improvement commitment expiring 10/11/2013 Unit	Mar. 31, 2012 144-bed skilled nursing property Texas	Mar. 31, 2012 144-bed skilled nursing property SNF Beds Texas Unit	Mar. 31, 2012 140-bed skilled nursing property Texas Unit	Sep. 30, 2011 524-bed skilled nursing property Texas	Mar. 31, 2011 524-bed skilled nursing property Texas property Unit payment	Dec. 31, 2011 120-bed skilled nursing property under development SNF Beds Texas Unit	Mar. 31, 2011 Senior Housing South Carolina property	Mar. 31, 2011 Senior Housing SNF Beds South Carolina Unit	Mar. 31, 2011 Senior Housing ALF Units South Carolina Unit	Mar. 31, 2011 Senior Housing ILF Units South Carolina Unit
Acquisitions
Number of beds/units acquired			524			120		144			524	120		118	40	53
Purchase Price							$ 18,600,000				$ 41,000,000	$ 844,000	$ 11,450,000
GAAP yield (as a percent)							10.80%
Number of units in property sold									140
Sale of property									1,248,000
Gain on sale of property, net of selling expenses	16,000								16,000
Amount invested for expansion and renovation of properties	66,000	1,602,000
Average yield on amount invested for expansion and renovation of properties (as a percent)	9.00%	9.90%
Number of properties in which investments to expand and renovate	2	6
Number of operators of properties in which investments to expand and renovate	1	3
Amount invested in properties with yield already included in rental rates	136,000	13,000
Number of existing properties for capital improvements	2	1
Number of lease agreements for existing properties	2	1
Number of Properties			4								4		2
Total Acquisition Costs											50,841,000
Number of earn-out payments			2								2
Total contingent earn-out payment, maximum				11,000,000							11,000,000
First contingent earn-out payment, amount										4,000,000
Commitment	$ 13,350,000				$ 8,250,000
Estimated yield (as a percent)					9.00%

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