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Real Estate Investments - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2023 USD ($) property	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2022 USD ($) property investor	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) ft² property state jointVenture	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 28, 2022	Dec. 30, 2021
Real Estate
Number of properties (property) \| property					376
Number of states in which properties are located \| state					36
Number of states \| state					5
Impairment of assets					$ 5,925	$ 0
Seaport Innovation LLC
Real Estate
Real estate property fair value				$ 1,700,000
Aggregate principal amount of mortgage debt				$ 620,000
Senior Living Communities
Real Estate
Number of properties (property) \| property					1
Impairment of assets					$ 3,617
Senior Living Communities \| Pennsylvania and South Carolina \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Real Estate
Number of properties (property) \| property	3				3
Sales price	$ 2,800				$ 2,800
Senior Living Communities \| Skilled nursing bed license
Real Estate
Gain on sale of properties			$ 327,542
Medical Office Property
Real Estate
Number of properties (property) \| property					1
Impairment of assets					$ 2,308
Skilled Nursing Bed Licenses
Real Estate
Gain on sale of properties					$ 940
Corporate Joint Venture
Real Estate
Number of properties (property) \| property					11
Area of real estate properties (in square feet) \| ft²					2,203,242
Real estate property fair value			702,500
Aggregate principal amount of mortgage debt			456,600
Corporate Joint Venture \| Medical Office Building and Life Science Building
Real Estate
Proceeds from sale of interest in joint venture, net			$ 653,300
Number of third party institutional investors \| investor			2
Number of properties included in joint venture agreement \| property			10
Corporate Joint Venture \| Seaport Innovation LLC
Real Estate
Number of properties (property) \| property					1
Area of real estate properties (in square feet) \| ft²					1,134,479
Additional equity joint venture percentage		10.00%		35.00%
Equity method investment ownership percentage					10.00%		20.00%	55.00%
Proceeds from sale of interest in joint venture, net		$ 108,000		$ 378,000
Corporate Joint Venture \| Seaport Innovation LLC \| Medical Office Building and Life Science Building
Real Estate
Equity method investment ownership percentage		10.00%
Corporate Joint Venture \| Diversified Healthcare Trusts \| Medical Office Building and Life Science Building
Real Estate
Equity method investment ownership percentage			20.00%
Corporate Joint Venture \| Diversified Healthcare Trusts \| Medical Office Building and Life Science Building \| Unrelated Investor One
Real Estate
Equity method investment ownership percentage			41.00%
Corporate Joint Venture \| Diversified Healthcare Trusts \| Medical Office Building and Life Science Building \| Unrelated Investor Two
Real Estate
Equity method investment ownership percentage			39.00%
Joint Venture
Real Estate
Number of unconsolidated joint ventures \| jointVenture					2