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Real Estate Investments (Details 3) (USD $)	6 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			1 Months Ended			6 Months Ended						6 Months Ended
Real Estate Investments (Details 3) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2013 Mortgage Loans loan operator property state	Jun. 30, 2012 Mortgage Loans loan	Jun. 30, 2013 Mortgage Loans Minimum	Jun. 30, 2013 Mortgage Loans Maximum	Jul. 31, 2013 Mortgage and construction loan	Jun. 30, 2013 Mortgage and construction loan	Jun. 30, 2013 Mortgage and construction loan Subsequent event	Jun. 30, 2013 SNF Beds Mortgage Loans bed	Jun. 30, 2013 ALF Units Mortgage Loans unit	Jun. 30, 2013 Skilled Nursing property	Jun. 30, 2013 Skilled Nursing Mortgage Loans loan property	Jun. 30, 2012 Skilled Nursing Mortgage Loans property	Jun. 30, 2013 Skilled Nursing SNF Beds Mortgage Loans bed	Aug. 31, 2013 Skilled Nursing 2092-bed skilled nursing property Subsequent event item	Dec. 31, 2013 Skilled Nursing 2092-bed skilled nursing property Subsequent event Anticipated	Aug. 31, 2013 Skilled Nursing 2092-bed skilled nursing property Michigan Subsequent event property bed	Jun. 30, 2013 Skilled Nursing 2092-bed skilled nursing property Michigan Subsequent event bed property	Aug. 31, 2013 Skilled Nursing 2092-bed skilled nursing property Maximum Subsequent event	Aug. 31, 2013 Skilled Nursing 2092-bed skilled nursing property Mortgage Loans Subsequent event	Jun. 30, 2013 Skilled Nursing 2092-bed skilled nursing property Mortgage Loans Subsequent event	Jun. 30, 2013 106-bed skilled nursing property bed	Jun. 30, 2013 Assisted Living property	Jun. 30, 2013 Assisted Living Mortgage Loans loan property	Jun. 30, 2013 Assisted Living ALF Units Mortgage Loans unit	Aug. 31, 2013 Assisted Living ILF Units Michigan Subsequent event unit	Jun. 30, 2013 Assisted Living ILF Units Michigan Subsequent event unit	Jun. 30, 2013 Range of Care Mortgage Loans loan property	Jun. 30, 2013 Range of Care SNF Beds Mortgage Loans bed	Jun. 30, 2013 Range of Care ALF Units Mortgage Loans unit
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments	$ 39,668,000										$ 24,730,000												$ 12,202,000				$ 2,736,000
Percentage of Investments	100.00%										62.30%												30.80%				6.90%
Number of Loans	19										15												3				1
Number of properties	26										17												8				1
Number of properties securing loan																15	15
Number of Beds/Units								1,960	285				1,861			2,092	2,092				106			211	24	24		99	74
Investment per Bed/Unit											13,290												57,830				15,820
Number of states	8
Number of operators	11
Interest rate for mortgage loans, low end of range (as a percent)	7.00%
Interest rate for mortgage loans, high end of range (as a percent)	13.50%
General amortization schedule of mortgage loans			20 years	25 years
Specified basis points for annual increase in interest rate (as a percent)			0.10%	0.25%
Purchase price of replacement facility																					13,500,000
Term of right to purchase replacement facility																					18 months
Mortgage loan secured by first mortgage																			141,000,000	141,000,000
Mortgage and construction loan						10,600,000
Funded loan commitments					1,897,000	913,000	1,897,000								126,000,000
Remaining loan commitments					5,170,000	7,067,000	5,170,000
Mortgage loans
Scheduled principal payments received	938,000	1,389,000
Amount received related to payoff of loan, including accrued interest		2,363,000
Number of loans paid off		2
Number of properties securing mortgage loans paid off												2
Capital improvement commitments																			12,000,000
Contingent working capital commitments																			3,000,000
Interest rate for first five years																			9.41%
Period during which loan bears the initial specified interest rate																			5 years
Annual increase in rate of interest (as a percent)																			2.25%
Term of loan																			30 years
Period of interest-only payments																			3 years
Annual principal payments																			1,000,000
Number of Properties										6												3
Number of asset pools of properties collateralized														2
Percentage of loan balance outstanding at second anniversary date through the twelfth anniversary date that may be prepaid without penalty																			50.00%
Additional loan proceeds																		40,000,000
Additional loan proceeds made annually																		$ 10,000,000