Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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 June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Revenue
Retirement Centers (1)	$	162,248	$	169,990	$	334,868	$	339,416
Assisted Living (1)	547,430		613,017		1,137,967		1,230,287
CCRCs-Rental (1)	114,202		148,225		256,000		300,485
Brookdale Ancillary Services (1)	110,190		123,336		222,162		245,528
Management Services (2)	252,402		204,262		452,241		406,270
	$	1,186,472	$	1,258,830	$	2,403,238	$	2,521,986
Segment Operating Income (3)
Retirement Centers	$	67,297	$	74,754	$	141,299	$	149,203
Assisted Living	186,921		234,085		404,360		454,895
CCRCs-Rental	24,344		33,594		59,659		69,063
Brookdale Ancillary Services	13,103		19,032		28,732		33,550
Management Services	22,442		18,186		38,336		34,966
	314,107		379,651		672,386		741,677
General and administrative (including non-cash stock-based compensation expense)	67,090		90,695		132,650		183,316
Transaction costs	3,339		441		10,932		1,291
Facility lease expense	84,690		92,682		173,497		189,371
Depreciation and amortization	120,887		133,394		248,374		260,531
Asset impairment	1,559		4,152		22,265		7,527
Loss on facility lease termination	6,368		—		6,368		—
Income from operations	$	30,174	$	58,287	$	78,300	$	99,641

	As of
	June 30, 2017		December 31, 2016
Total assets
Retirement Centers	$	1,286,639	$	1,452,546
Assisted Living	5,210,068		5,831,434
CCRCs-Rental	721,810		935,389
Brookdale Ancillary Services	279,415		280,530
Corporate and Management Services	694,860		717,788
Total assets	$	8,192,792	$	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).