Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of segment reporting information

The following table sets forth selected segment financial and operating data:

	Three Months Ended June 30,					Six Months Ended June 30,
(in thousands)	2018			2017		2018			2017
Revenue:
Retirement Centers (1)	$	159,293		$	162,248	$	317,690		$	334,868
Assisted Living (1)	522,027			547,430		1,054,307			1,137,967
CCRCs-Rental (1)	104,796			114,202		209,865			256,000
Brookdale Ancillary Services (1)	109,853			110,190		220,373			222,162
Management Services (2)	259,231			252,402		540,199			452,241
	$	1,155,200		$	1,186,472	$	2,342,434		$	2,403,238
Segment Operating Income: (3)
Retirement Centers	$	65,134		$	67,297	$	129,556		$	141,299
Assisted Living	169,737			186,921		346,275			404,360
CCRCs-Rental	23,819			24,344		48,482			59,659
Brookdale Ancillary Services	10,203			13,103		18,521			28,732
Management Services	17,071			22,442		35,752			38,336
	285,964			314,107		578,586			672,386
General and administrative (including non-cash stock-based compensation expense)	60,314			67,090		137,024			132,650
Transaction costs	2,593			3,339		7,318			10,932
Facility lease expense	81,960			84,690		162,360			173,497
Depreciation and amortization	116,116			120,887		230,371			248,374
Goodwill and asset impairment	16,103			1,559		446,466			22,265
Loss on facility lease termination and modification	146,467			6,368		146,467			6,368
Income (loss) from operations	$	(137,589	)	$	30,174	$	(551,420	)	$	78,300

	As of
(in thousands)	June 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Total assets:
Retirement Centers	$	1,298,989	$	1,266,076
Assisted Living	3,957,957		4,535,114
CCRCs-Rental	723,655		667,234
Brookdale Ancillary Services	244,692		257,257
Corporate and Management Services	504,354		949,768
	$	6,729,647	$	7,675,449

(1) All revenue is earned from external third parties in the United States.

(2) Management services segment revenue includes management fees and reimbursements 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.