Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 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 September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2017			2016		2017			2016
Revenue
Retirement Centers (1)	$	161,986		$	170,706	$	496,854		$	510,122
Assisted Living (1)	542,227			607,345		1,680,194			1,837,632
CCRCs-Rental (1)	108,075			147,517		364,075			448,002
Brookdale Ancillary Services (1)	110,604			117,263		332,766			362,791
Management Services (2)	255,096			203,295		707,337			609,565
	$	1,177,988		$	1,246,126	$	3,581,226		$	3,768,112
Segment Operating Income (3)
Retirement Centers	$	65,907		$	73,112	$	207,206		$	222,315
Assisted Living	173,576			217,878		577,936			672,773
CCRCs-Rental	22,932			32,996		82,591			102,059
Brookdale Ancillary Services	9,823			14,624		38,555			48,174
Management Services	18,138			15,532		56,474			50,498
	290,376			354,142		962,762			1,095,819
General and administrative (including non-cash stock-based compensation expense)	63,779			63,425		196,429			246,741
Transaction costs	1,992			659		12,924			1,950
Facility lease expense	84,437			92,519		257,934			281,890
Depreciation and amortization	117,649			130,783		366,023			391,314
Goodwill and asset impairment	368,551			19,111		390,816			26,638
Loss on facility lease termination	4,938			—		11,306			—
Income (loss) from operations	$	(350,970	)	$	47,645	$	(272,670	)	$	147,286

	As of
	September 30, 2017		December 31, 2016
Total assets
Retirement Centers	$	1,275,250	$	1,452,546
Assisted Living	4,830,074		5,831,434
CCRCs-Rental	696,964		935,389
Brookdale Ancillary Services	261,919		280,530
Corporate and Management Services	1,027,959		717,788
Total assets	$	8,092,166	$	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) and costs incurred on behalf of managed communities.