REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended													0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013 Operating Segments Facilities Beds	Dec. 31, 2012 Operating Segments Beds Facilities	Dec. 31, 2013 Skilled Nursing/Post-Acute Facilities Beds Facilities	Dec. 31, 2012 Skilled Nursing/Post-Acute Facilities Facilities Beds	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Housing Facilities Facilities Beds	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Housing Facilities Beds Facilities	Dec. 31, 2013 Acute Care Hospitals Beds Facilities	Dec. 31, 2012 Acute Care Hospitals Beds Facilities	Dec. 31, 2013 Corporate Level	Dec. 31, 2012 Corporate Level	Dec. 18, 2012 Stoney River Marshfield Beds	Dec. 31, 2013 Stoney River Marshfield
Real Estate Properties
Number of Properties				121	119	96	96	23	22	2	1
Number of Beds/Units				12,468	12,382	10,826	10,826	1,518	1,486	124	70			60
Buildings and improvements	$ 879,926,000	$ 782,221,000
Fixtures and equipment	50,567,000	43,810,000
Land improvements	4,392,000	4,535,000
Land	131,611,000	126,048,000
Total Real Estate at Cost	1,066,496,000	956,614,000		1,066,242,000	956,360,000	737,188,000	746,510,000	153,247,000	148,210,000	175,807,000	61,640,000	254,000	254,000
Accumulated Depreciation	(151,078,000)	(129,479,000)		(150,925,000)	(129,376,000)	(132,068,000)	(116,426,000)	(13,337,000)	(9,949,000)	(5,520,000)	(3,001,000)	(153,000)	(103,000)
Total Real Estate Investments, Net	915,418,000	827,135,000		915,317,000	826,984,000	605,120,000	630,084,000	139,910,000	138,261,000	170,287,000	58,639,000	101,000	151,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred														8,200,000
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability														1,300,000
Payment of contingent consideration	1,300,000	0	0												1,900,000
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	$ 200,000	$ 0	$ 0												$ 600,000