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Business Acquisition, Number of Acquired Units

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Lessor Leasing Arrangements, Operating Leases, Annual Rent Increase, Percent

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Lessor Leasing Arrangements, Operating Leases, Annual Rent Increase, Percent, Year Three

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Lessor Leasing Arrangements, Operating Leases, Number of Lease Renewal Options

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of liabilities assumed at the acquisition date.

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Amount of long-term debt due after one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, assumed at the acquisition date.

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Term of the lessor's leasing arrangement renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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RECENT REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS - Narrative (Details) CAD in Millions						5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 25, 2015 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) Facilitiy loan Renewal_Option	Jun. 11, 2015 USD ($) Facilitiy Renewal_Option unit	Jun. 11, 2015 CAD Facilitiy loan Renewal_Option unit	Sep. 25, 2014 USD ($) Renewal_Option State unit	Nov. 25, 2015 USD ($) skilled_nursing_bed Facilitiy loan	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Facilitiy	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) Facilitiy	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015 CAD loan	Mar. 31, 2015 loan
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total revenues							$ 238,864,000	$ 183,518,000	$ 134,780,000
Net income attributable to common stockholders							69,171,000	36,710,000	25,749,000
Acquisition pursuit costs							7,000,000	$ 3,100,000	$ 1,500,000
Mortgages [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of mortgage loans \| loan													6
Interest rate											3.64%
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total revenues							17,600,000
Net income attributable to common stockholders							5,300,000
Acquisition pursuit costs							$ 6,700,000
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member] \| Tenant Origination and Absorption Costs [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, weighted average amortization period as of date of acquisition							12 years
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member] \| Tenant Relationship [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, weighted average amortization period as of date of acquisition							22 years
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member] \| Senior Housing Facilities [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquired properties \| Facilitiy							20	32
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member] \| Skilled Nursing/Transitional Care Facilities [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquired properties \| Facilitiy							4	10
Canadian Portfolio [Member] \| Mortgages [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Expected annual lease revenue \| CAD				CAD 11.9
Number of mortgage loans \| loan		3		3								3
Outstanding principal amounts		$ 19,700,000		CAD 24.2								CAD 24.2
Interest rate		3.74%										3.74%
Canadian Portfolio [Member] \| Senior Lifestyle Corporation [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Master lease initial term			10 years	10 years
Number of lease renewal options \| Renewal_Option			2	2
Lease renewal term			5 years	5 years
Annual rent increase in year two			4.00%	4.00%
Annual rent increase in year three			4.00%	4.00%
Rent increase during remainder of lease term			3.00%	3.00%
Canadian Portfolio [Member] \| Senior Housing Facilities [Member] \| British Columbia and Ontario, Canada [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquired properties \| Facilitiy			9	9
Number of acquired units \| unit			865	865
Purchase price			$ 138,800,000	CAD 170.5
NMS Portfolio [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Master lease initial term		15 years
Number of lease renewal options \| Renewal_Option		2
Lease renewal term		10 years
Annual rent escalator		2.50%
NMS Portfolio [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Annual rent escalator		2.75%
NMS Portfolio [Member] \| Mortgages [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of mortgage loans \| loan										1
Outstanding principal amounts										$ 10,800,000
Interest rate										5.60%
NMS Portfolio [Member] \| Skilled Nursing/Transitional Care Facilities [Member] \| Maryland [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquired properties \| Facilitiy						3
Purchase price	$ 58,900,000	$ 175,500,000
Number of acquired beds \| skilled_nursing_bed						678
NMS Portfolio [Member] \| Skilled Nursing/Transitional Care Facilities [Member] \| Maryland [Member] \| HUD Loan [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of mortgage loans \| loan	1					1
Debt assumed in transaction	$ 10,800,000.0					$ 10,800,000.0
Interest rate	5.60%					5.60%
NMS Portfolio [Member] \| NMS Portfolio Facilities [Member] \| Maryland [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquired properties \| Facilitiy		3
Holiday Portfolio [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Master lease initial term					15 years
Number of lease renewal options \| Renewal_Option					2
Lease renewal term					5 years
Annual rent increase in year two					4.00%
Annual rent increase in year three					4.00%
Rent increase during remainder of lease term					3.50%
Expected annual lease revenue					$ 39,300,000
Number of states \| State					15
Cash purchase price					$ 550,000,000
Base rent					$ 30,300,000
Holiday Portfolio [Member] \| Senior Housing Facilities [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquired properties \| unit					21