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Investments in Partially-Owned Entities (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Schedule of investments in partially-owned entities | The following table summarizes the Company’s investments in partially-owned entities at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012:
Investment | September 30, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
Star Asia Opportunity, LLC | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 22 |
Star Asia Opportunity II, LLC | 8,605 |  |  | 5,874 |
Senior Management Concepts Senior Living Portfolio | 2,453 |  |  | 2,492 |
| $ | 11,075 |  |  | $ | 8,388 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of equity method investments including, but not limited to, name of each investee or group of investments, percentage ownership, difference between recorded amount of an investment and the value of the underlying equity in the net assets, and summarized financial information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571 + Details
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