LOANS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER INVESTMENTS (Details) (USD $)		0 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	0 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013 Facilities	Mar. 05, 2013 Affiliated Entity [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Affiliated Entity [Member]	Mar. 05, 2013 Skilled Nursing Facilities [Member] Affiliated Entity [Member] Beds	Mar. 05, 2013 Memory Care Facility [Member] Affiliated Entity [Member] Beds	Jun. 30, 2013 Mortgage Loans Receivable [Member] Facilities	Jun. 28, 2013 Chai Mezzanine Loan Portfolio [Member] Wholly Owned Subsidiary [Member] Renewal_Options	Jun. 30, 2013 Chai Mezzanine Loan Portfolio [Member] Wholly Owned Subsidiary [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Sun City West Mortgage Loan [Member] [Domain] Wholly Owned Subsidiary [Member]	Jan. 31, 2013 Sun City West Mortgage Loan [Member] [Domain] Wholly Owned Subsidiary [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Mezzanine Loans Receivable [Member] [Member] Facilities
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and Leases Receivable, Number of Loans	4					3					1
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross	$ 37,506,000					$ 25,156,000	$ 12,400,000			$ 12,800,000	$ 12,350,000
Loans receivable and other investments, net	37,693,000					25,272,000					12,421,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Fixed Interest Rate	9.8537%					8.80%	12.00%			9.00%	12.00%
Loans And Leases Receiavble, Effective Interest Rate	9.65564%					8.68131%					11.62%
Loans and Leases Receivable, Number of Units in Real Estate Property Used as Collateral								0	48
Loans and Leases Receivable, Repayment Period								18	5 years
Loans and Leases Receivable, Option to Purchase							50,000,000		15,000,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Option to Purchase, Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization and Rent, Percent Threshold							15.00%
Loans and Leases Receivable, Prepayment Prohibited Period									3 years
Loans and Leases Receivable, Option to Purchase, Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization and Rent Divided by EBITDAR Coverage Ratio								1.50	1.30
Loans and Leases Receivable, Option to Purchase, Implied Lease Rate								0.095	0.0825
Loans and Leases Receivable, Anticipated Lease Term Upon Exercise of Purchase Option							15
Loans and Leases Receivable, Anticipated Number of Lease Renewal Options Upon Exercise of Purchase Option							2
Loans and Leases Receivable, Anticipated Lease Renewal Term Upon Exercise of Purchase Option							5
Loans and Leases Receivable, Anticipated Lease Rent Increase Upon Exercise of Purchase Option							3.00%
Loans and Leases Receivable, Option to Purchase, Adjusted Implied Lease Rate									$ 0.0900
Preferred Equity Investment, Total Commitment		7.2
Preferred Equity Investment, Number of Units in Real Estate Property				141	52
Preferred Equity Investment, Amount Funded		4.3	0.8
Preferred Equity Investment, Preferred Rate				0.15	0.15
Preferred Equity Investment, Deferred Distribution Period				18	30