Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of segment reporting information

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

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017		2016
Revenue
Retirement Centers (1)	$	172,620	$	169,426
Assisted Living (1)	590,537		617,270
CCRCs-Rental (1)	141,798		152,260
Brookdale Ancillary Services (1)	111,972		122,192
Management Services (2)	199,839		202,008
	$	1,216,766	$	1,263,156
Segment Operating Income (3)
Retirement Centers	$	74,002	$	74,449
Assisted Living	217,439		220,810
CCRCs-Rental	35,315		35,469
Brookdale Ancillary Services	15,629		14,518
Management Services	15,894		16,780
	358,279		362,026
General and administrative (including non-cash stock-based compensation expense)	65,560		92,621
Transaction costs	7,593		850
Facility lease expense	88,807		96,689
Depreciation and amortization	127,487		127,137
Asset impairment	20,706		3,375
Income from operations	$	48,126	$	41,354

	As of
	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
Total assets
Retirement Centers	$	1,301,173	$	1,452,546
Assisted Living	5,271,709		5,831,434
CCRCs-Rental	783,383		935,389
Brookdale Ancillary Services	280,301		280,530
Corporate and Management Services	601,522		717,788
Total assets	$	8,238,088	$	9,217,687

(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).