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Real Estate Investments (Details 3) (USD $)	3 Months Ended						1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended				3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014 Mortgage Loans loan operator property state	Mar. 31, 2013 Mortgage Loans	Mar. 31, 2014 Mortgage Loans Minimum	Mar. 31, 2014 Mortgage Loans Maximum	Mar. 31, 2014 Mortgage and construction loan	Mar. 31, 2014 Capital improvement loan	Apr. 30, 2014 Capital improvement loan Subsequent event	Mar. 31, 2014 SNF Beds Mortgage Loans bed	Mar. 31, 2014 ALF Units Mortgage Loans unit	Mar. 31, 2014 Skilled Nursing Mortgage Loans loan property	Mar. 31, 2014 Skilled Nursing SNF Beds Mortgage Loans bed	Mar. 31, 2014 106-bed skilled nursing property Mortgage and construction loan bed	Mar. 31, 2013 106-bed skilled nursing property Mortgage and construction loan	Mar. 31, 2014 Assisted Living Mortgage Loans loan property	Mar. 31, 2014 Assisted Living ALF Units Mortgage Loans unit	Mar. 31, 2014 Range of Care Mortgage Loans loan property	Mar. 31, 2014 Range of Care SNF Beds Mortgage Loans bed	Mar. 31, 2014 Range of Care ALF Units Mortgage Loans unit
Mortgage Loans
Gross Investments	$ 169,163,000									$ 154,564,000				$ 12,066,000		$ 2,533,000
Percentage of Investments	100.00%									91.40%				7.10%		1.50%
Number of Loans	20									16				3		1
Number of Properties	42									33				8		1
Number of Beds/Units								4,052	285		3,953	106			211		99	74
Investment per Bed/Unit										39,100				57,180		14,640
Number of states	9
Number of operators	12
Interest rate for mortgage loans, low end of range (as a percent)	7.10%
Interest rate for mortgage loans, high end of range (as a percent)	13.60%
General amortization schedule of mortgage loans			20 years	30 years
Specified basis points for annual increase in interest rate (as a percent)			0.10%	0.25%
Scheduled principal payments received	519,000	462,000
Amount Funded							344,000					2,568,000	910,000
Loan commitment					10,600,000							10,600,000
Remaining loan commitment					441,000							441,000
Mortgage loan commitment for capital improvements						$ 12,000,000

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