Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of segment reporting information

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

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands)	2018		2017			2018			2017
Revenue:
Retirement Centers (1)	$	144,631	$	161,986		$	462,321		$	496,854
Assisted Living (1)	483,125		542,227			1,537,432			1,680,194
CCRCs-Rental (1)	104,147		108,075			314,012			364,075
Brookdale Ancillary Services (1)	108,276		110,604			328,649			332,766
Management Services (2)	279,883		255,096			820,082			707,337
	$	1,120,062	$	1,177,988		$	3,462,496		$	3,581,226
Segment Operating Income: (3)
Retirement Centers	$	57,106	$	65,907		$	186,662		$	207,206
Assisted Living	144,701		173,576			490,976			577,936
CCRCs-Rental	21,809		22,932			70,291			82,591
Brookdale Ancillary Services	9,487		9,823			28,008			38,555
Management Services	18,528		18,138			54,280			56,474
	251,631		290,376			830,217			962,762
General and administrative (including non-cash stock-based compensation expense)	57,309		63,779			194,333			196,429
Transaction costs	1,487		1,992			8,805			12,924
Facility lease expense	70,392		84,437			232,752			257,934
Depreciation and amortization	110,980		117,649			341,351			366,023
Goodwill and asset impairment	5,500		368,551			451,966			390,816
Loss on facility lease termination and modification	2,337		4,938			148,804			11,306
Income (loss) from operations	$	3,626	$	(350,970	)	$	(547,794	)	$	(272,670	)

	As of
(in thousands)	September 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Total assets:
Retirement Centers	$	1,295,001	$	1,266,076
Assisted Living	3,775,584		4,535,114
CCRCs-Rental	716,815		667,234
Brookdale Ancillary Services	254,781		257,257
Corporate and Management Services	452,456		949,768
	$	6,494,637	$	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.