Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

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,
	2016		2015
Revenue
Retirement Centers(1)	$	169,426	$	163,486
Assisted Living(1)		617,270		617,344
CCRCs - Rental(1)		152,260		155,991
Brookdale Ancillary Services(1)		122,192		115,411
Management Services(2)		202,008		195,649
	$	1,263,156	$	1,247,881
Segment Operating Income(3)
Retirement Centers	$	74,449	$	70,524
Assisted Living		220,810		223,506
CCRCs - Rental		35,469		38,571
Brookdale Ancillary Services		14,518		22,742
Management Services		16,780		15,097
		362,026		370,440
General and administrative (including non-cash stock-based compensation expense)		92,621		89,530
Transaction costs		850		6,742
Facility lease expense		96,689		94,471
Depreciation and amortization		127,137		220,427
Asset impairment		3,375		—
Loss on facility lease termination		—		76,143
Income (loss) from operations	$	41,354	$	(116,873	)

	As of
	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Total assets
Retirement Centers	$	1,542,954	$	1,549,623
Assisted Living		6,294,576		6,347,178
CCRCs - Rental		1,020,500		1,035,371
Brookdale Ancillary Services		288,883		292,540
Corporate and Management Services		841,759		823,852
Total assets	$	9,988,672	$	10,048,564

(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 facility operating expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization).