Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Segment Information [Abstract]

Schedule of segment reporting infomration

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

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Revenue(1):
Retirement Centers	$	503,902	$	473,842	$	463,260
Assisted Living		1,013,337		964,585		945,469
CCRCs - Rental		385,479		364,095		339,920
CCRCs - Entry Fee		287,048		283,455		269,056
ISC		224,517		205,780		189,968
Management Services(2)		355,802		166,161		72,862
	$	2,770,085	$	2,457,918	$	2,280,535
Segment Operating Income(3):
Retirement Centers	$	205,585	$	198,439	$	196,647
Assisted Living		361,184		339,928		331,220
CCRCs - Rental		106,063		116,849		108,929
CCRCs - Entry Fee		62,752		69,985		66,085
ISC		47,780		57,985		66,862
Management Services		30,786		13,595		5,591
		814,150		796,781		775,334

General and administrative (including non-cash stock-based compensation expense)	178,829	148,327	131,709
Facility lease expense	284,025	274,858	270,905
Depreciation and amortization:
Retirement Centers	61,060	60,275	60,869
Assisted Living	81,801	82,843	93,066
CCRCs - Rental	31,205	30,776	30,655
CCRCs - Entry Fee	52,840	54,794	56,006
ISC	2,220	1,699	1,169

Corporate and Management Services		23,155			38,119			50,576
Gain on sale of communities, net		—			—			(3,298	)
Asset impairment		27,677			16,892			13,075
Loss (gain) on acquisition		636			(1,982	)		―
(Gain) loss on facility lease termination		(11,584	)		—			4,608
Income from operations	$	82,286		$	90,180		$	65,994
Total interest income:
Retirement Centers	$	184		$	311		$	19
Assisted Living		9			18			17
CCRCs - Rental		28			35			29
CCRCs - Entry Fee		3,378			2,263			941
ISC		—			—			—
Corporate and Management Services		413			911			1,232
	$	4,012		$	3,538		$	2,238
Total interest expense:
Retirement Centers	$	29,025		$	28,444		$	33,298
Assisted Living		57,634			58,453			65,086
CCRCs - Rental		17,336			15,324			15,433
CCRCs - Entry Fee		13,792			20,316			23,867
ISC		—			—			—
Corporate and Management Services		28,996			19,641			8,038
	$	146,783		$	142,178		$	145,722
Total expenditures for property, plant and equipment, and leasehold intangibles:
Retirement Centers	$	58,876		$	45,891		$	22,760
Assisted Living		68,675			43,955			24,687
CCRCs - Rental		21,916			20,615			12,077
CCRCs - Entry Fee		24,890			16,255			16,314
ISC		6,037			2,715			4,260
Corporate and Management Services		28,018			30,700			13,583
	$	208,412		$	160,131		$	93,681
	As of December 31,
		2012			2011			2010
Total assets:
Retirement Centers	$	1,256,497		$	1,047,388		$	1,080,410
Assisted Living		1,438,934			1,451,612			1,448,029
CCRCs - Rental		534,220			518,993			529,428
CCRCs - Entry Fee		951,584			1,021,938			1,096,714
ISC		90,357			78,137			67,845
Corporate and Management Services		394,386			347,993			308,044
	$	4,665,978		$	4,466,061		$	4,530,470

(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).