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Property Taxes, Insurance, And Tenant Improvement Deposit Liability

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Write-Off Of Non-Cash Rent Receivables And Lease Intangibles

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Term of lessor's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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

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Weighted average remaining lease term for operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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Amount of variable lease payments from operating, direct financing, and sales-type leases, excluding amount included in measurement of lease receivable.

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INVESTMENT IN REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES - Operating Leases (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) facility	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) facility	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) facility
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Weighted-average remaining term of operating leases	8 years		8 years
Security deposit liability	$ 11.7		$ 11.7		$ 10.5
Letters of credit deposited	86.0		86.0		83.0
Tenant deposits for future real estate taxes, insurance expenditures, and tenant improvements	15.4		15.4		$ 14.3
Variable lease revenue	5.0	$ 4.0	$ 15.7	$ 13.0
Write off of non-cash rent receivable balances and lease intangibles	$ 14.3
Minimum
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Operating lease expiration term	1 year		1 year
Maximum
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Operating lease expiration term	15 years		15 years
Operating Segments
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties \| facility	425		425		429
Senior Housing - Managed Communities \| Operating Segments
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties \| facility	47		47