REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Operating Lease (Details) (USD $)			6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013 Minimum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Maximum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Operating Segments [Member] Facilities	Dec. 31, 2012 Operating Segments [Member] Facilities	Jun. 30, 2013 Operating Segments [Member] Genesis Healthcare, Inc [Member] Facilities
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]
Security Deposit Liability	$ 2,000,000	$ 1,100,000
Operating Leases, Lease Expiration Period			8 years	21 years
Operating Leases, Weighted Average Lease Expiration Period	11 years
Number of Real Estate Properties					120	119	81
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable [Abstract]
July 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013	56,559,000
2014	115,444,000
2015	118,200,000
2016	120,956,000
2017	123,939,000
Thereafter	829,483,000
Total	$ 1,364,581,000