Organization - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions		9 Months Ended
Jun. 01, 2014 company	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) real_estate_investment unit facility bed
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Date of incorporation		Oct. 29, 2013
Number of living facilities		152
Number of other real estate investments \| real_estate_investment		3
Preferred equity investment \| $		$ 13.6
Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living and Independent Living Facilities [Member] \| Assets Leased to Ensign [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of living facilities		149
Number of units available in living facilities \| bed		14,304
Independent Living Facilities Owned and Operated by Company [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of living facilities		3
Number of units available in living facilities \| unit		264
Ensign [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of publicly traded companies into which Ensign split after the Spin-Off \| company	2
Ensign for CareTrust share exchange ratio to affect the Spin-Off	1
Ensign [Member] \| Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living and Independent Living Facilities [Member] \| Assets Leased to Ensign [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of living facilities		94
Number of units available in living facilities \| bed		10,121

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66022249&loc=d3e33749-111570

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
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-Paragraph 1
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