Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Segment Information [Abstract]

Schedule of segment reporting infomration

The following table sets forth certain segment financial and operating data (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012			2011
Revenue(1)
Retirement Centers	$	138,928		$	128,561
Assisted Living		276,260			265,194
CCRCs		181,698			174,280
Management Services(2)		86,639			18,885
	$	683,525		$	586,920
Segment operating income(3)
Retirement Centers	$	54,231		$	52,209
Assisted Living		95,902			93,077
CCRCs		47,504			51,795
Management Services		5,547			984
		203,184			198,065
General and administrative (including non-cash stock-based compensation expense)(4)		42,596			33,122
Facility lease expense		71,445			66,315
Depreciation and amortization		63,344			71,782
Asset impairment		1,083			14,846
Loss on acquisition		636			-
Gain on facility lease termination		(2,780	)		-
Income from operations	$	26,860		$	12,000

	As of
	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Total assets
Retirement Centers	$	1,181,247	$	1,061,815
Assisted Living		1,454,289		1,463,198
CCRCs		1,550,275		1,563,004
Corporate and Management Services		390,298		378,044
Total assets	$	4,576,109	$	4,466,061

(1) All revenue is earned from external third parties in the United States.

(2) Management services segment revenue includes reimbursements for which the Company is the primary obligor of costs incurred on behalf of managed communities.

(3) Segment operating income is defined as segment revenues less segment operating expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization).

(4) Net of general and administrative costs allocated to management services reporting segment.