Real Estate Investments - Acquisitions (Details) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) item property	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) contract item property
Real estate investments
Contingent consideration	$ 2,000
Investment Commitment	215,619
2016 Acquisitions
Real estate investments
Purchase Price	69,550
Transaction Costs	391
Total Acquisition Costs	$ 69,941
Number of properties acquired \| property	5
Number of beds/units acquired \| item	396
2016 Acquisitions \| Skilled Nursing \| Real Estate Investment
Real estate investments
Purchase Price	$ 16,000
Transaction Costs	45
Total Acquisition Costs	$ 16,045
Number of properties acquired \| property	1
Number of beds/units acquired \| item	126
2016 Acquisitions \| Skilled Nursing \| Real Estate Investment \| Texas
Real estate investments
Number of beds/units acquired \| property	126
2016 Acquisitions \| Assisted Living
Real estate investments
Purchase Price	$ 53,550
Transaction Costs	346
Total Acquisition Costs	$ 53,896
Number of properties acquired \| property	4
Number of beds/units acquired \| item	270
2016 Acquisitions \| Memory Care \| Kentucky
Real estate investments
Purchase Price	$ 14,250
Contingent consideration	2,000
2016 Acquisitions \| Memory Care \| Georgia
Real estate investments
Purchase Price	14,300
2016 Acquisitions \| Memory Care \| Kansas
Real estate investments
Purchase Price	$ 25,000
Number of properties acquired \| property	2
2015 Acquisitions \| Real Estate Investment
Real estate investments
Purchase Price		$ 24,957
Transaction Costs		78
Total Acquisition Costs		$ 25,035
Number of properties acquired \| property		1
Number of beds/units acquired \| item		106
2015 Acquisitions \| Skilled Nursing \| Real Estate Investment
Real estate investments
Purchase Price		$ 13,946
Total Acquisition Costs		$ 13,946
Number of properties acquired \| property		1
Number of beds/units acquired \| item		106
2015 Acquisitions \| Skilled Nursing \| Real Estate Investment \| Wisconsin
Real estate investments
Purchase Price		$ 13,946
Number of beds/units acquired \| property		106
2015 Acquisitions \| Skilled Nursing \| Mortgage Loans on Real Estate
Real estate investments
Loan commitment under which the purchase option was exercised		$ 10,600
2015 Acquisitions \| Skilled Nursing \| Mortgage Loans on Real Estate \| Wisconsin
Real estate investments
Loan commitment under which the purchase option was exercised		10,600
2015 Acquisitions \| Land \| Real Estate Investment
Real estate investments
Purchase Price		11,011
Transaction Costs		78
Total Acquisition Costs		$ 11,089
2015 Acquisitions \| Land \| Real Estate Development Commitments One \| Real Estate Investment
Real estate investments
Number of Development Commitments \| contract		3
2015 Acquisitions \| Land \| Real Estate Development Commitments One \| Maximum \| Real Estate Investment
Real estate investments
Investment Commitment		$ 42,922
2015 Acquisitions \| Land \| Real Estate Development Commitments Two \| Maximum \| Real Estate Investment
Real estate investments
Investment Commitment		$ 12,182

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