DISPOSITIONS	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]
DISPOSITIONS	DISPOSITIONS 2016 Dispositions During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company completed the sale of two skilled nursing/transitional care facilities and one acute care hospital for aggregate consideration of $85.4 million after selling expenses of $2.3 million. The net carrying value of the assets and liabilities of these facilities, after the impairment loss of $29.8 million recognized in relation to the acute care hospital, was $88.6 million, resulting in an aggregate $3.2 million loss on sale. Excluding the net loss on sale and real estate impairment, the Company recognized $0.8 million and $3.1 million of net loss from these facilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The sale of these facilities does not represent a strategic shift that has and is not expected to have a major effect on the Company's operations and financial results and therefore the results of operations attributable to these facilities have remained in continuing operations. 2015 Dispositions During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company completed the sale of three skilled nursing/transitional care facilities and one senior housing facility for aggregate consideration of $16.3 million. The carrying value of the assets and liabilities of these facilities was $18.4 million, which resulted in an aggregate $2.1 million loss on sale.

DISPOSITIONS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

2016 Dispositions

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company completed the sale of two skilled nursing/transitional care facilities and one acute care hospital for aggregate consideration of $85.4 million after selling expenses of $2.3 million. The net carrying value of the assets and liabilities of these facilities, after the impairment loss of $29.8 million recognized in relation to the acute care hospital, was $88.6 million, resulting in an aggregate $3.2 million loss on sale.

Excluding the net loss on sale and real estate impairment, the Company recognized $0.8 million and $3.1 million of net loss from these facilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The sale of these facilities does not represent a strategic shift that has and is not expected to have a major effect on the Company's operations and financial results and therefore the results of operations attributable to these facilities have remained in continuing operations.

2015 Dispositions

During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company completed the sale of three skilled nursing/transitional care facilities and one senior housing facility for aggregate consideration of $16.3 million. The carrying value of the assets and liabilities of these facilities was $18.4 million, which resulted in an aggregate $2.1 million loss on sale.