CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Revenue
Resident fees	$ 1,043,978	$ 653,517	$ 2,096,210	$ 1,303,827
Management fees	14,839	7,489	29,936	14,891
Reimbursed costs incurred on behalf of managed communities	179,367	87,387	359,919	176,950
Total revenue	1,238,184	748,393	2,486,065	1,495,668
Expense
Facility operating expense (excluding depreciation and amortization of $214,116, $64,067, $422,939 and $126,728, respectively)	694,991	435,415	1,391,880	865,285
General and administrative expense (including non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $6,851, $7,729, $15,724 and $15,301, respectively)	89,545	47,008	179,075	91,673
Transaction costs	421	6,808	7,163	17,652
Facility lease expense	91,338	70,030	185,809	139,899
Depreciation and amortization	225,645	71,088	446,072	141,404
Loss on facility lease termination	0	0	76,143	0
Costs incurred on behalf of managed communities	179,367	87,387	359,919	176,950
Total operating expense	1,281,307	717,736	2,646,061	1,432,863
(Loss) income from operations	(43,123)	30,657	(159,996)	62,805
Interest income	382	285	809	606
Interest expense:
Debt	(43,684)	(23,602)	(86,032)	(47,446)
Capital and financing lease obligations	(53,043)	(6,055)	(106,246)	(12,209)
Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt premium (discount)	162	(4,078)	(219)	(8,096)
Change in fair value of derivatives	(76)	(1,322)	(626)	(2,169)
Debt modification and extinguishment costs	0	(3,197)	(44)	(3,197)
Equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated ventures	(672)	1,523	812	2,159
Other non-operating income	2,654	3,456	5,145	3,921
Loss before income taxes	(137,400)	(2,333)	(346,397)	(3,626)
Benefit (provision) for income taxes	52,593	(962)	130,881	(1,968)
Net loss	(84,807)	(3,295)	(215,516)	(5,594)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	260	0	518	0
Net loss attributable to Brookdale Senior Living Inc. common stockholders	$ (84,547)	$ (3,295)	$ (214,998)	$ (5,594)
Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to Brookdale Senior Living Inc. common stockholders	$ (0.46)	$ (0.03)	$ (1.17)	$ (0.04)
Weighted average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share	184,266	125,058	183,974	124,770