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Letters Of Credit Deposits

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Number Of Facilities Held For Sale

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Number Of Real Estate Properties Expected To Be Retained

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Number Of Real Estate Properties Held For Sale

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Number of Businesses Divested

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Operating Leases, Lease Expiration Period

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Operating Leases Of Lessee, Reduction In Annual Base Rent, Lease Restructuring Agreement

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Operating Leases, Weighted Average Lease Expiration Period

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Property Taxes, Insurance, And Tenant Improvement Deposit Liability

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For an unclassified balance sheet, a valuation allowance for receivables due a company that are expected to be uncollectible.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=d3e5074-111524

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.4)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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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 money paid in advance to protect the provider of a product or service, such as a lessor, against damage or nonpayment by the buyer or tenant (lessee) during the term of the agreement. Such damages may include physical damage to the property, theft of property, and other contractual breaches. Security deposits held may be interest or noninterest bearing.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.15(a))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

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REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES HELD FOR INVESTMENT - Operating Leases (Details) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
	Apr. 02, 2018 Facilitiy	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) Facilitiy	Jan. 01, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Security deposit liability \| $		$ 22.1		$ 20.3
Letters of credit deposited \| $		96.6		96.3
Tenant deposits for future real estate taxes, insurance expenditures, and tenant improvements \| $		25.6		28.3
Reserve for unpaid cash rents \| $		2.2		3.2
Reserve for accumulated straight-line rental income \| $		$ 3.0		$ 12.4
Genesis
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties \| Facilitiy		49
Reduction of annual base rent payable under operating leases \| $			$ 19.0
Number of facilities expected to be sold \| Facilitiy		41
Number of facilities expected to be retained \| Facilitiy		8
Minimum
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Lease expiration period		1 year
Maximum
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Lease expiration period		15 years
Weighted Average
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Weighted average lease expiration period		9 years
Skilled Nursing Transitional Care Facilities \| Held for Sale
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of facilities held for sale \| Facilitiy		5
Skilled Nursing Transitional Care Facilities \| Held for Sale \| Subsequent Event
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of facilities sold \| Facilitiy	5
Senior Housing - Managed Communities \| Operating Segments
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties \| Facilitiy		24