SUMMARIZED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING INFORMATION (Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 21, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Assets
Real estate investments, net of accumulated depreciation	$ 1,036,312	$ 915,418
Loans receivable and other investments, net	225,787	185,293
Cash and cash equivalents	15,085	4,308	92,770		17,101
Restricted cash	6,125	5,352
Deferred tax assets	24,212	24,212
Prepaid expenses, deferred financing costs and other assets	68,990	63,252
Intercompany	0	0
Investments in subsidiaries	0	0
Total assets	1,376,511	1,197,835
Liabilities
Mortgage notes	125,400	141,328
Secured revolving credit facility	0	135,500
Senior unsecured notes	550,000	414,402
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	21,084	22,229
Tax liability	24,212	24,212
Intercompany	0	0
Total liabilities	720,696	737,671
Equity
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued	58	58
Common stock	473	388
Additional paid-in capital	760,258	534,639
Cumulative distributions in excess of net income	(104,951)	(74,921)
Total Sabra Health Care REIT. Inc. stockholders’ equity	655,838	460,164
Noncontrolling interests	(23)	0
Total equity	655,815	460,164	425,567		305,488
Total liabilities and equity	1,376,511	1,197,835
Preferred stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized	10,000,000	10,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued	5,750,000	5,750,000		5,800,000
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	5,750,000	5,750,000
Common stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	125,000,000	125,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	47,263,151	38,788,745
Common stock, shares outstanding	47,263,151	38,788,745
Parent Company [Member]
Assets
Real estate investments, net of accumulated depreciation	75	101
Loans receivable and other investments, net	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents	12,209	3,551	91,208		15,075
Restricted cash	0	0
Deferred tax assets	24,212	24,212
Prepaid expenses, deferred financing costs and other assets	985	1,217
Intercompany	243,557	63,125
Investments in subsidiaries	403,710	398,640
Total assets	684,748	490,846
Liabilities
Mortgage notes	0	0
Secured revolving credit facility	0	0
Senior unsecured notes	0	0
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	4,698	6,470
Tax liability	24,212	24,212
Intercompany	0	0
Total liabilities	28,910	30,682
Equity
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued	58	58
Common stock	473	388
Additional paid-in capital	760,258	534,639
Cumulative distributions in excess of net income	(104,951)	(74,921)
Total Sabra Health Care REIT. Inc. stockholders’ equity	655,838
Noncontrolling interests	0
Total equity	655,838	460,164
Total liabilities and equity	684,748	490,846
Issuers [Member]
Assets
Real estate investments, net of accumulated depreciation	0	0
Loans receivable and other investments, net	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0		0
Restricted cash	0	0
Deferred tax assets	0	0
Prepaid expenses, deferred financing costs and other assets	13,466	9,207
Intercompany	369,569	270,194
Investments in subsidiaries	580,020	537,505
Total assets	963,055	816,906
Liabilities
Mortgage notes	0	0
Secured revolving credit facility	0	0
Senior unsecured notes	550,000	414,402
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	9,345	3,864
Tax liability	0	0
Intercompany	0	0
Total liabilities	559,345	418,266
Equity
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued	0	0
Common stock	0	0
Additional paid-in capital	280,220	291,226
Cumulative distributions in excess of net income	123,490	107,414
Total Sabra Health Care REIT. Inc. stockholders’ equity	403,710
Noncontrolling interests	0
Total equity	403,710	398,640
Total liabilities and equity	963,055	816,906
Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Assets
Real estate investments, net of accumulated depreciation	844,136	751,771
Loans receivable and other investments, net	225,787	185,293
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0		0
Restricted cash	160	121
Deferred tax assets	0	0
Prepaid expenses, deferred financing costs and other assets	45,875	46,694
Intercompany	0	0
Investments in subsidiaries	9,326	25,205
Total assets	1,125,284	1,009,084
Liabilities
Mortgage notes	0	0
Secured revolving credit facility	0	135,500
Senior unsecured notes	0	0
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	5,691	11,008
Tax liability	0	0
Intercompany	598,992	375,956
Total liabilities	604,683	522,464
Equity
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued	0	0
Common stock	0	0
Additional paid-in capital	309,266	323,574
Cumulative distributions in excess of net income	211,335	163,046
Total Sabra Health Care REIT. Inc. stockholders’ equity	520,601
Noncontrolling interests	0
Total equity	520,601	486,620
Total liabilities and equity	1,125,284	1,009,084
Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Assets
Real estate investments, net of accumulated depreciation	192,101	163,546
Loans receivable and other investments, net	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents	2,876	757	1,562		2,026
Restricted cash	5,965	5,231
Deferred tax assets	0	0
Prepaid expenses, deferred financing costs and other assets	8,664	6,134
Intercompany	0	42,637
Investments in subsidiaries	0	0
Total assets	209,606	218,305
Liabilities
Mortgage notes	125,400	141,328
Secured revolving credit facility	0	0
Senior unsecured notes	0	0
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	1,350	887
Tax liability	0	0
Intercompany	14,134	0
Total liabilities	140,884	142,215
Equity
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued	0	0
Common stock	0	0
Additional paid-in capital	33,509	48,507
Cumulative distributions in excess of net income	35,236	27,583
Total Sabra Health Care REIT. Inc. stockholders’ equity	68,745
Noncontrolling interests	(23)
Total equity	68,722	76,090
Total liabilities and equity	209,606	218,305
Elimination [Member]
Assets
Real estate investments, net of accumulated depreciation	0	0
Loans receivable and other investments, net	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0		0
Restricted cash	0	0
Deferred tax assets	0	0
Prepaid expenses, deferred financing costs and other assets	0	0
Intercompany	(613,126)	(375,956)
Investments in subsidiaries	(993,056)	(961,350)
Total assets	(1,606,182)	(1,337,306)
Liabilities
Mortgage notes	0	0
Secured revolving credit facility	0	0
Senior unsecured notes	0	0
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	0	0
Tax liability	0	0
Intercompany	(613,126)	(375,956)
Total liabilities	(613,126)	(375,956)
Equity
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued	0	0
Common stock	0	0
Additional paid-in capital	(622,995)	(663,307)
Cumulative distributions in excess of net income	(370,061)	(298,043)
Total Sabra Health Care REIT. Inc. stockholders’ equity	(993,056)
Noncontrolling interests	0
Total equity	(993,056)	(961,350)
Total liabilities and equity	$ (1,606,182)	$ (1,337,306)