ACQUISITIONS (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012 item	Jun. 30, 2011	Jan. 02, 2012 Eaglewood Care Center and Eaglewood Village	Apr. 30, 2012 Little Rock, Northridge and Woodland Hills item	Apr. 02, 2012 Little Rock, Northridge and Woodland Hills	Jun. 02, 2012 Abington Acquisition
ACQUISITIONS
Number of assisted living facilities acquired	1
Acquisition costs	$ 817,000
ACQUISITIONS
Number of skilled nursing facilities acquired	5			3
Consideration transferred:
Net proceeds from loans			4,693,000		19,732,000	3,296,000
Seller notes			5,000,000
Cash from earnest money deposits			250,000		1,600,000	250,000
Cash			2,469,000		5,899,000
Security deposit for lease/May rent						35,000
Total consideration transferred			12,412,000		27,231,000	3,581,000
Assets acquired:
Land			370,000		1,582,000	210,000
Building			9,656,000		17,256,000	225,000
Equipment and furnishings			1,199,000		1,620,000	2,090,000
Intangible assets - bed licenses			1,188,000		6,510,000	840,000
Goodwill			87,000		312,000	235,000
Total assets acquired			12,500,000		27,280,000	3,600,000
Liabilities assumed:
Real estate taxes and other			(88,000)		(49,000)	(19,000)
Total identifiable net assets			12,412,000		27,231,000	3,581,000
Actual and pro forma financial information
Combined revenue for all acquisitions	9,300,000
Income from operations	732,000
Unaudited Pro forma Financial Information
Pro forma revenue	103,968,000	101,908,000
Pro forma operating expenses	100,169,000	98,468,000
Pro forma income from operations	$ 3,799,000	$ 3,440,000