BUSINESS	3 Months Ended
BUSINESS	Mar. 31, 2022
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
BUSINESS	BUSINESS Overview Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (“Sabra” or the “Company”) was incorporated on May 10, 2010 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (“Sun”) and commenced operations on November 15, 2010 following Sabra’s separation from Sun. Sabra elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) with the filing of its United States (“U.S.”) federal income tax return for the taxable year beginning January 1, 2011. Sabra believes that it has been organized and operated, and it intends to continue to operate, in a manner to qualify as a REIT. Sabra’s primary business consists of acquiring, financing and owning real estate property to be leased to third-party tenants in the healthcare sector. Sabra primarily generates revenues by leasing properties to tenants and operators throughout the U.S. and Canada. Sabra owns substantially all of its assets and properties and conducts its operations through Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), of which Sabra is the sole general partner and a wholly owned subsidiary of Sabra is currently the only limited partner, or by subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership. The Company’s investment portfolio is primarily comprised of skilled nursing/transitional care facilities, senior housing communities (“Senior Housing - Leased”), behavioral health facilities and specialty hospitals and other facilities, in each case leased to third-party operators; senior housing communities operated by third-party property managers pursuant to property management agreements (“Senior Housing - Managed”); investments in loans receivable; and preferred equity investments. COVID-19 The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and measures intended to prevent its spread have negatively impacted and are expected to continue to negatively impact the Company and its operations in a number of ways, including but not limited to: •Decreased occupancy and increased operating costs for the Company’s tenants and borrowers, which have negatively impacted their operating results and may adversely impact their ability to make full and timely rental payments and debt service payments, respectively, to the Company. In some cases, the Company may have to restructure tenants’ long-term rent obligations and may not be able to do so on terms that are as favorable to the Company as those currently in place. Reduced or modified rental and debt service amounts could result in the determination that the full amounts of the Company’s investments are not recoverable, which could result in an impairment charge. To date, the impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s skilled nursing/transitional care facility and assisted living community tenants has been partially mitigated by the assistance they have received or expect to receive from state and federal assistance programs, including through the CARES Act (as defined and further described under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Skilled Nursing Facility Reimbursement Rates” in Part I, Item 2), although these benefits on an individual tenant basis vary and may not provide enough relief to meet their rental obligations to the Company. From the beginning of the pandemic through March 31, 2022, the Company has agreed to temporary pandemic-related rent deferrals for six tenants of two to nine months of rent totaling $3.2 million, of which $0.5 million has been repaid. However, the longer the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the more likely that the Company’s tenants and borrowers will begin to default on these obligations, particularly if state and federal assistance is reduced or eliminated. Such defaults could materially and adversely affect the Company’s results of operations and liquidity, in addition to resulting in potential impairment charges. •Decreased occupancy and increased operating costs within the Company’s Senior Housing - Managed portfolio, which have negatively impacted and are expected to continue to negatively impact the operating results of these investments. As noted above, the assistance received or expected to be received by eligible assisted living operators will partially mitigate the negative impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s Senior Housing - Managed portfolio. Prolonged deterioration in the operating results for the Company’s investments in its Senior Housing - Managed portfolio could result in the determination that the full amounts of the Company’s investments are not recoverable, which could result in an impairment charge. •See Note 4, “Investment in Real Estate Properties,” for discussion of the impact on the Company’s investment in unconsolidated joint venture. The Company’s financial results as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2022 reflect the results of the Company’s evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on its business including, but not limited to, its evaluation of potential impairments of long-lived or other assets, measurement of credit losses on financial instruments, evaluation of any lease modifications, evaluation of lease accounting impact, estimates of fair value and the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.