REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Operating Lease (Details) (USD $)			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Operating Segments [Member] Facilities	Dec. 31, 2012 Operating Segments [Member] Facilities	Sep. 30, 2013 Operating Segments [Member] Genesis Healthcare, Inc [Member] Facilities
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]
Security Deposit Liability	$ 2,400,000	$ 1,100,000
Operating Leases, Lease Expiration Period			7 years	21 years
Operating Leases, Weighted Average Lease Expiration Period	10 years
Number of Real Estate Properties					120	119	81
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable [Abstract]
October 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013	28,401,000
2014	115,462,000
2015	118,219,000
2016	120,976,000
2017	123,958,000
Thereafter	830,014,000
Total	$ 1,337,030,000