REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Operating Lease (Details) (USD $)			3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014 Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Maximum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Operating Segments [Member] Facilities	Dec. 31, 2013 Operating Segments [Member] Facilities	Mar. 31, 2014 Operating Segments [Member] Genesis Healthcare, Inc [Member] Facilities
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]
Security Deposit Liability	$ 1,700,000	$ 1,600,000
Operating Leases, Lease Expiration Period			7 years	21 years
Operating Leases, Weighted Average Lease Expiration Period	11 years
Number of Real Estate Properties					129	121	81
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable [Abstract]
April 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014	101,053,000
2015	138,355,000
2016	141,204,000
2017	144,746,000
2018	148,382,000
Thereafter	965,518,000
Total	$ 1,639,258,000