Organization	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Organization [Abstract]
Organization	Note 1 — Organization Care Investment Trust Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company” or “Care” unless otherwise indicated or except where the context otherwise requires, “we”, “us” or “our”) is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) with a geographically diverse portfolio of senior housing and healthcare-related assets in the United States of America. From inception through November 16, 2010, Care was externally managed and advised by CIT Healthcare LLC (“CIT Healthcare”). Upon termination of CIT Healthcare as our external manager, Care moved to a hybrid management structure whereby it internalized its senior management and entered into a services agreement (the “Services Agreement”) with TREIT Management, LLC (“TREIT”), which is an affiliate of Tiptree Capital Management, LLC (“Tiptree Capital”), by which Tiptree Financial Partners, L.P. (“Tiptree”) is externally managed. Tiptree acquired control of Care on August 13, 2010, as discussed further in Note 2 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. As of September 30, 2011, Care’s portfolio of assets consisted of owned real estate of senior housing facilities and medical office properties as well as mortgage loans on senior housing facilities and healthcare related assets. Our owned senior housing facilities are leased, under “triple-net” leases, which require the tenants to pay all property-related expenses. Care elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2007. To maintain our tax status as a REIT, we are required to distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income to our stockholders. At present, Care does not have any taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRS”), but in the normal course of business we expect to form such subsidiaries as necessary.

Organization

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Note 1 — Organization

Care Investment Trust Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company” or “Care” unless otherwise indicated or except where the context otherwise requires, “we”, “us” or “our”) is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) with a geographically diverse portfolio of senior housing and healthcare-related assets in the United States of America. From inception through November 16, 2010, Care was externally managed and advised by CIT Healthcare LLC (“CIT Healthcare”). Upon termination of CIT Healthcare as our external manager, Care moved to a hybrid management structure whereby it internalized its senior management and entered into a services agreement (the “Services Agreement”) with TREIT Management, LLC (“TREIT”), which is an affiliate of Tiptree Capital Management, LLC (“Tiptree Capital”), by which Tiptree Financial Partners, L.P. (“Tiptree”) is externally managed. Tiptree acquired control of Care on August 13, 2010, as discussed further in Note 2 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. As of September 30, 2011, Care’s portfolio of assets consisted of owned real estate of senior housing facilities and medical office properties as well as mortgage loans on senior housing facilities and healthcare related assets. Our owned senior housing facilities are leased, under “triple-net” leases, which require the tenants to pay all property-related expenses.

Care elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2007. To maintain our tax status as a REIT, we are required to distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income to our stockholders. At present, Care does not have any taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRS”), but in the normal course of business we expect to form such subsidiaries as necessary.