Real Estate Investments (Details) - Jun. 30, 2015 $ in Thousands	USD ($) state property item $ / item
Real Estate Investment [Member]
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 989,163
Percentage of Investments	100.00%
Number of properties \| property	162
Number of states \| state	27
Number of operators	29
Operating leases
Number of ways to compute annual rent increases	4
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Operating leases
Initial term of operating lease	10 years
Specified annual increase over the prior year's rent (as a percent)	2.00%
Real Estate Investment [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Operating leases
Initial term of operating lease	15 years
Specified annual increase over the prior year's rent (as a percent)	3.00%
Skilled Nursing Facility Beds [Member] \| Real Estate Investment [Member]
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	9,147
Assisted Living Facility Units [Member] \| Real Estate Investment [Member]
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	4,510
Assisted Living Properties [Member] \| Real Estate Investment [Member]
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 416,817
Percentage of Investments	42.10%
Number of properties \| property	85
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	98.40
Assisted Living Properties [Member] \| Assisted Living Facility Units [Member] \| Real Estate Investment [Member]
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	4,236
Skilled Nursing Properties [Member] \| Real Estate Investment [Member]
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 500,152
Percentage of Investments	50.60%
Number of properties \| property	69
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	58.75
Skilled Nursing Properties [Member] \| Skilled Nursing Facility Beds [Member] \| Real Estate Investment [Member]
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	8,513
Range of Care Properties [Member] \| Real Estate Investment [Member]
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 43,907
Percentage of Investments	4.40%
Number of properties \| property	7
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	48.36
Range of Care Properties [Member] \| Skilled Nursing Facility Beds [Member] \| Real Estate Investment [Member]
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	634
Range of Care Properties [Member] \| Assisted Living Facility Units [Member] \| Real Estate Investment [Member]
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	274
Properties under Development [Member] \| Real Estate Investment [Member]
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 17,404
Percentage of Investments	1.80%
Other Senior Housing Properties [Member] \| Real Estate Investment [Member]
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 10,883
Percentage of Investments	1.10%
Number of properties \| property	1
Number of parcels of land	5
Schools [Member] \| Real Estate Investment [Member]
Real Estate Investments
Number of properties \| property	1
Development Project [Member] \| Properties under Development [Member]
Real Estate Investments
Number of developments	5
Development Project [Member] \| Memory Care Property [Member]
Real Estate Investments
Number of properties under development \| property	3
Number of beds/units under development	188
Development Project [Member] \| Independent Living Property [Member]
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units under development	108
Development Project [Member] \| Assisted Living and Memory Care Properties [Member]
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units under development	89

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 944

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(d))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

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