Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Segment Information [Abstract]

Schedule of segment reporting information

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

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Revenue
Retirement Centers(1)	$	163,486		$	132,349
Assisted Living(1)		617,344			277,431
CCRCs - Rental(1)		155,991			97,944
CCRCs - Entry Fee(1)		—			79,169
Brookdale Ancillary Services(1)		115,411			63,417
Management Services(2)		195,649			96,965
	$	1,247,881		$	747,275
Segment Operating Income(3)
Retirement Centers	$	69,409		$	56,230
Assisted Living		219,983			104,992
CCRCs - Rental		37,883			26,830
CCRCs - Entry Fee		—			19,635
Brookdale Ancillary Services		22,742			12,753
Management Services		15,097			7,402
		365,114			227,842
General and administrative (including non-cash stock-based compensation expense)		84,204			44,665
Transaction costs		6,742			10,844
Facility lease expense		94,471			69,869
Depreciation and amortization		220,427			70,316
Loss on facility lease termination		76,143			—
(Loss) income from operations	$	(116,873	)	$	32,148

	As of
	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Total assets
Retirement Centers	$	1,601,789	$	1,603,704
Assisted Living		6,538,732		6,513,376
CCRCs - Rental		1,100,344		1,065,116
Brookdale Ancillary Services		247,340		224,229
Corporate and Management Services		1,002,760		1,114,938
Total assets	$	10,490,965	$	10,521,363

(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).