CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Revenue
Resident fees	$ 1,040,082	$ 955,512	$ 3,136,292	$ 2,259,339
Management fees	14,694	10,428	44,630	25,319
Reimbursed costs incurred on behalf of managed communities	184,065	117,995	543,984	294,945
Total revenue	1,238,841	1,083,935	3,724,906	2,579,603
Expense
Facility operating expense (excluding depreciation and amortization of $148,120, $169,855, $571,059 and $296,583, respectively)	699,720	637,084	2,091,600	1,502,369
General and administrative expense (including non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $10,147, $7,869, $25,871 and $23,170, respectively)	99,534	90,020	278,609	181,693
Transaction costs	0	41,572	7,163	59,224
Facility lease expense	91,144	91,462	276,953	231,361
Depreciation and amortization	160,715	178,999	606,787	320,403
Loss on facility lease termination	0	0	76,143	0
Costs incurred on behalf of managed communities	184,065	117,995	543,984	294,945
Total operating expense	1,235,178	1,157,132	3,881,239	2,589,995
Income (loss) from operations	3,663	(73,197)	(156,333)	(10,392)
Interest income	399	392	1,208	998
Interest expense:
Debt	(43,972)	(38,452)	(130,004)	(85,898)
Capital and financing lease obligations	(53,217)	(40,916)	(159,463)	(53,125)
Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt premium (discount)	(616)	189	(835)	(7,907)
Change in fair value of derivatives	(164)	(10)	(790)	(2,179)
Debt modification and extinguishment costs	(6,736)	(569)	(6,780)	(3,766)
Equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated ventures	(1,578)	(1,246)	(766)	913
Other non-operating income	3,089	700	8,234	4,621
Loss before income taxes	(99,132)	(153,109)	(445,529)	(156,735)
Benefit for income taxes	30,796	116,073	161,677	114,105
Net loss	(68,336)	(37,036)	(283,852)	(42,630)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	116	174	634	174
Net loss attributable to Brookdale Senior Living Inc. common stockholders	$ (68,220)	$ (36,862)	$ (283,218)	$ (42,456)
Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to Brookdale Senior Living Inc. common stockholders	$ (0.37)	$ (0.23)	$ (1.54)	$ (0.31)
Weighted average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share	184,570	159,003	184,175	136,306