Subsequent Events (VTR Group Financing Transaction) (Details) (Subsequent Event [Member], USD $)	0 Months Ended
	Jan. 24, 2014 VTR Senior Secured Notes [Member]	Jan. 13, 2014 VTR Senior Credit Facility [Member]	Jan. 13, 2014 LIBOR [Member] VTR Senior Credit Facility [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt	$ 1,400,000,000
Stated interest rate of debt	6.875%
Effective borrowing cost	10.95%
Additional basis points used to determine redemption premium	0.50%
Percentage of aggregate debt instruments outstanding subject to redemption each year	10.00%
Debt instrument redemption percent of principal amount outstanding	103.00%
Redemption term	12 months
2019	103.438%
2020	102.292%
2021	101.146%
2022 and thereafter	100.00%
Line of credit borrowing capacity		$ 200,000,000
Basis spread on variable rate			2.75%