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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands					3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Mar. 06, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 01, 2017 USD ($) property	Feb. 15, 2017 USD ($) property	Feb. 01, 2017 USD ($) property	Jan. 31, 2017 USD ($) property	Oct. 31, 2016 property	Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 07, 2017 $ / shares
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Sale price					$ 73,900		$ 3,500	$ 131,478	$ 504,924
Common Shares and Limited Partnership Units [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends Payable, Date Declared								Mar. 07, 2017
Record Date								Mar. 20, 2017
Payment Date								Apr. 03, 2017
Series B Preferred Stock [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends Payable, Date Declared								Mar. 07, 2017
Record Date								Mar. 20, 2017
Payment Date								Mar. 31, 2017
Senior Housing properties [Member] \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties sold \| property					5	8
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Common Shares and Limited Partnership Units [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Quarterly amount per share or unit (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares										$ 0.0700
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Series B Preferred Stock [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Quarterly amount per share or unit (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares										$ 0.4968
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Senior Housing properties [Member] \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties sold \| property		4	9	5
Sale price		$ 35,300	$ 30,700	$ 49,600
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Commercial Healthcare [Member] \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Sale price	$ 20,700