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Real Estate Investments - Owned Properties (Details)	12 Months Ended
Real Estate Investments - Owned Properties (Details)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) state loan item property $ / item	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
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Number of Loans \| loan	19
Operating leases
Contingent rent income \| $	$ 134,000	$ 0	$ 0
Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 1,198,686,000
Percentage of Investments	100.00%
Number of properties \| property	175
Number of states \| state	28
Number of operators	29
Operating leases
Number of ways to compute annual rent increases	4
Real Estate Investment \| Minimum
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 \| Maximum
Operating leases
Initial term of operating lease	15 years
Specified annual increase over the prior year's rent (as a percent)	3.00%
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 219,719,000
Percentage of Investments	100.00%
Number of Loans \| loan	19
Number of properties \| property	38
Number of states \| state	8
Number of operators	11
SNF Beds
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	3,932
SNF Beds \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	9,407
SNF Beds \| Mortgage Loans on Real Estate
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	3,894
ALF Units
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	3,546
ALF Units \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	5,461
ALF Units \| Mortgage Loans on Real Estate
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	270
Assisted Living \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 571,562,000
Percentage of Investments	47.70%
Number of properties \| property	96
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	110.19
Assisted Living \| Mortgage Loans on Real Estate
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 13,768,000
Percentage of Investments	6.30%
Number of Loans \| loan	3
Number of properties \| property	8
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	50.99
Assisted Living \| ALF Units \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	5,187
Assisted Living \| ALF Units \| Mortgage Loans on Real Estate
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	270
Skilled Nursing \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 522,123,000
Percentage of Investments	43.60%
Number of properties \| property	70
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	60.33
Skilled Nursing \| Mortgage Loans on Real Estate
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 204,742,000
Percentage of Investments	93.20%
Number of Loans \| loan	15
Number of properties \| property	30
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	52.58
Skilled Nursing \| SNF Beds \| Real Estate Investment
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Number of Beds/Units	8,655
Skilled Nursing \| SNF Beds \| Mortgage Loans on Real Estate
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	3,894
Range of Care \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 43,907,000
Percentage of Investments	3.70%
Number of properties \| property	7
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	48.36
Range of Care \| Mortgage Loans on Real Estate
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 1,209,000
Percentage of Investments	0.50%
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Range of Care \| SNF Beds \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	634
Range of Care \| ALF Units \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	274
Properties under Development \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 41,608,000
Percentage of Investments	3.50%
Other \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments \| $	$ 19,486,000
Percentage of Investments	1.50%
Number of properties \| property	2
Other \| SNF Beds \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	118
Memory Care \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Number of properties \| property	5
Number of Beds/Units	320
Land \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Number of properties	3
Independent Living \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Number of properties \| property	1
Number of Beds/Units	108
ALF & MC \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	89
Schools \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate Investments
Number of properties \| property	1
Hospital
Real Estate Investments
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	78.39
Hospital \| SNF Beds
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	2
Hospital \| Hospital Beds
Real Estate Investments
Number of Beds/Units	116