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Number Of Communities Acquired

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Number Of Loan Portfolios

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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The interest rate applicable to the portion of the carrying amount of long-term borrowings outstanding as of the balance sheet date, including current maturities, which accrues interest at a set, unchanging rate.

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The cash outflow for cost incurred in the modification of term of existing debt agreement in order for the entity to achieve some advantage.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Debt - 2018 Financings (Details)				3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Debt - 2018 Financings (Details)	Aug. 29, 2019 USD ($) community	May 07, 2019 USD ($) community	Apr. 30, 2018 USD ($) community	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) community loan_portfolio	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) community
Non-Recourse First Mortgages
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt				$ 307,400,000
Number of loan portfolios \| loan_portfolio				11
Repayment of debt				$ 171,400,000
Payments of debt restructuring					$ 11,700,000
Mortgages notes payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage bearing fixed interest	75.00%	60.00%	60.00%	65.00%	65.00%
Interest rate	3.35%	4.52%	4.55%	5.08%	5.08%
Percentage bearing variable interest	25.00%	40.00%	40.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Mortgages notes payable \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate basis	2.17%	2.23%	1.89%	2.16%
Mortgages notes payable \| Non-Recourse Supplemental Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount	$ 160,300,000	$ 111,100,000	$ 247,600,000	$ 327,000,000.0	$ 327,000,000.0
Mortgages notes payable \| Mortgage Debt Due 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt			$ 43,000,000.0
Mortgages notes payable \| Mortgage Debt Due January 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt				$ 60,400,000
Secured Debt \| Non-Recourse First Mortgages
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of communities securing debt \| community	5	14	11	28	28
HCP, Inc.
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of communities acquired \| community			5