Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

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,
	2016			2015			2014
Revenue:
Retirement Centers(1)	$	679,503		$	657,940		$	582,312
Assisted Living(1)		2,419,459			2,445,457			1,685,563
CCRCs - Rental(1)		592,826			604,572			493,173
CCRCs - Entry Fee(1)		—			—			202,414
Brookdale Ancillary Services(1)		476,833			469,158			337,835
Management Services(2)		808,359			783,481			530,409
	$	4,976,980		$	4,960,608		$	3,831,706
Segment Operating Income(3):
Retirement Centers	$	294,530		$	285,257		$	248,883
Assisted Living		876,817			877,303			608,489
CCRCs - Rental		133,409			150,495			121,661
CCRCs - Entry Fee		—			—			48,433
Brookdale Ancillary Services		64,463			75,210			63,463
Management Services		70,762			60,183			42,239
		1,439,981			1,448,448			1,133,168
General and administrative (including non-cash stock-based compensation expense)		313,409			370,579			280,267
Transaction costs		3,990			8,252			66,949
Facility lease expense:
Retirement Centers		120,272			114,738			98,321
Assisted Living		193,670			197,452			162,575
CCRCs - Rental		51,727			47,937			51,523
CCRCs - Entry Fee		—			—			4,362
Brookdale Ancillary Services		—			—			890
Corporate and Management Services		7,966			7,447			6,159
Depreciation and amortization:
Retirement Centers		94,049			104,063			86,188
Assisted Living		308,639			489,933			317,918
CCRCs - Rental		66,431			87,754			60,175
CCRCs - Entry Fee		—			—			37,524
Brookdale Ancillary Services		4,075			7,451			4,764
Corporate and Management Services		47,208			43,964			30,466
Asset impairment		248,515			57,941			9,992
Loss on facility lease termination		11,113			76,143			—
Income (loss) income from operations	$	(31,083	)	$	(165,206	)	$	(84,905	)
Total interest expense:
Retirement Centers	$	56,827		$	58,397		$	41,906
Assisted Living		249,449			250,116			140,001
CCRCs - Rental		39,824			39,502			28,418
CCRCs - Entry Fee		—			—			7,530
Brookdale Ancillary Services		1,461			1,354			823
Corporate and Management Services		38,056			39,395			29,510
	$	385,617		$	388,764		$	248,188
Total capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment, and leasehold intangibles:
Retirement Centers	$	59,978		$	161,986		$	76,285
Assisted Living		156,732			220,893			107,037
CCRCs - Rental		37,800			54,864			42,412
CCRCs - Entry Fee		—			—			36,575
Brookdale Ancillary Services		1,576			4,061			1,805
Corporate and Management Services		44,027			6,878			40,131
	$	300,113		$	448,682		$	304,245

	As of December 31,
	2016		2015
Total assets:
Retirement Centers	$	1,452,546	$	1,556,169
Assisted Living		5,831,434		6,354,415
CCRCs - Rental		935,389		1,037,384
Brookdale Ancillary Services		280,530		292,540
Corporate and Management Services		717,788		808,056
	$	9,217,687	$	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).