Leases - Operating Leases - Additional Information (Details)	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022 Facility
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Number of SNFs under non-cancelable operating leases	9
Number of SNFs operated by third party tenants	4
Number of sublease agreements executed, leased by company	3
Leased Facilities
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Weighted average remaining lease term	5 years 1 month 6 days

Number of skilled nursing facilities operated by third party tenants.

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Number of sublease agreements executed, leased by company.

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Represents the number of skilled nursing facilities covered under non-cancelable operating leases, leased by the entity.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Weighted average remaining lease term for operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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