Real Estate Investments - Owned Properties (Details) - Real Estate Investment $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) item property state $ / item
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gross Investment \| $	$ 1,409,625
Percentage of Investment	100.00%
Number of properties \| property	153
Number of states \| state	26
Number of operators	28
SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units	6,272
ALF Units
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units	6,010
ALF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gross Investment \| $	$ 844,995
Percentage of Investment	59.90%
Number of properties \| property	102
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	145.74
ALF \| ALF Units
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units	5,798
SNF
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gross Investment \| $	$ 553,073
Percentage of Investment	39.30%
Number of properties \| property	50
Average Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	86.88
SNF \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units	6,154
SNF \| ALF Units
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units	212
Other
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gross Investment \| $	$ 11,557
Percentage of Investment	0.80%
Number of properties \| property	1
Number of parcels of land	3
Other \| SNF Beds
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of beds/units	118
Hospital
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of properties \| property	1

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Amount of real estate investment property which may include the following: (1) land available-for-sale; (2) land available-for-development; (3) investments in building and building improvements; (4) tenant allowances; (5) developments in-process; (6) rental properties; and (7) other real estate investments.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(d))
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