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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 property item	Dec. 31, 2011 property item	Dec. 31, 2010 item property	Feb. 28, 2013	Jan. 31, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies
Number of Properties	9	9	10
Number of beds/units acquired	788	1,227	1,139
Earn-out liabilities	$ 6,744,000	$ 6,305,000
Investment Commitment	77,760,000			488,000	2,484,000
Commitment	5,000,000
Maximum
Commitments and Contingencies
Commitment	49,702,000
ILF Units
Commitments and Contingencies
Number of beds/units acquired	140
Skilled Nursing
Commitments and Contingencies
Number of Properties	4	7	5
Number of beds/units acquired	522	1,016	668
Investment Commitment	36,094,000
Skilled Nursing | Texas
Commitments and Contingencies
Number of Properties		4
Number of earn-out payments required		2
Contingent earn-out payments, maximum		11,000,000
First contingent earn-out payment		4,000,000
Earn-out liabilities	6,744,000	6,305,000
Non-cash interest expense	439,000	464,000
Skilled Nursing | SNF Beds | Texas
Commitments and Contingencies
Number of beds/units acquired		524
619-bed skilled nursing property
Commitments and Contingencies
Number of Properties	5
Number of beds/units acquired	619
Assisted Living
Commitments and Contingencies
Number of Properties	5		4
Number of beds/units acquired	266		241
Investment Commitment	40,927,000
Memory care property
Commitments and Contingencies
Number of beds/units acquired	60
Assisted living and Memory care property
Commitments and Contingencies
Number of Properties	4
Number of beds/units acquired	258
Loan commitment expiring 11/14/2014
Commitments and Contingencies
Loan commitments	10,600,000
Funded loan commitments	2,619,000
Remaining loan commitments	7,981,000
Loan commitments, maturities ranging from 2013 to 2014
Commitments and Contingencies
Loan commitments	1,400,000
Funded loan commitments	20,000
Remaining loan commitments	$ 1,380,000

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Represents the number of beds/units in the acquired business.

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- Definition

Represents the amount of capital improvement commitment of the entity.

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- Definition

Represents cash outflow for the first contingent earn-out payment.

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Represents the maximum contingent earn-out payment.

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- Definition

This element represents the liabilities for earn out payments.

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Represents the non-cash interest expense related to the earn-out liabilities which represents the accretion of the difference between the current fair value and estimated payment of the contingent earn-out liabilities.

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- Definition

Represents the amount of investment commitments of the entity.

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- Definition

Represents the amount of loan commitments of the entity.

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Represents the amount invested into various loan commitments by the entity.

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- Definition

Represents the amount of open loan commitments as of the balance sheet date.

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The number of earn out payments required to be made by the entity.

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The number of businesses acquired by the entity during the period.

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