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Lessor Leasing Arrangements, Operating Leases, Annual Rent Increase, Percentage

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Lessor Leasing Arrangements, Operating Leases, Contract Term For Fixed Annual Revenues

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Lessor Leasing Arrangements, Operating Leases, Escalation Factor, Minimum

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Number Of Assisted Living Beds In A Facility Real Estate Acquisition

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Number Of Facilities In A Real Estate Acquisition

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Number Of Identified Intangible Assets

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Number Of Master Leases

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Number Of Operating Leases Acquired

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Number Of Renewal Options Under Lease

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Number Of Skilled Nursing Beds In A Facility Real Estate Acquisition

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Operating Leases, Anticipated Initial Annual Lease Revenues

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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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For contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connection with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the high-end of the potential range (undiscounted) of the consideration which may be paid.

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Term of the lessor's leasing arrangement renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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

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The number of businesses acquired by the entity during the period.

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

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The number of units in a real estate property owned as of the balance sheet date.

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Future rental payments receivable within one year of the balance sheet date under an operating lease.

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The percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the lessor's operating lease.

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The cash outflow from the acquisition of a piece of land and anything permanently fixed to it, including buildings, structures on it and so forth, and payments to develop real estate assets by adding improvements on or to a parcel of land. Such improvements may include drainage, utilities, subdividing, access, buildings, and any combination of these elements. Including real estate intended to generate income for the owner; excluding real estate acquired for use by the owner.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Real Estate Investments, Net - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2016 USD ($) lease renewal_option unit facility	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	May 31, 2016 USD ($) renewal_option unit bed	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($) bed	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) renewal_option unit facility bed	Feb. 29, 2016 USD ($) renewal_option unit facility bed	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) facility intangible_asset lease bed
Investment [Line Items]
Number of facilities \| facility							152
Number of facilities not leased \| facility							3
Number of operating leases acquired \| lease							3
Remaining lease term							81 years
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Leases renewal options \| renewal_option	2
Leases renewal term	5 years
Anticipated initial annual lease revenues	$ 3.1
Number of assisted living facilities acquired \| facility	4
Payments to acquire properties	$ 34.3
Transaction costs							$ 0.2
Number of leases \| lease	3
Fixed annual rent increase percentage (at least)	3.00%
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member] \| Skilled Nursing Facility [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Number of assisted living facilities acquired \| facility	2
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member] \| Assisted Living Facility [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Number of assisted living facilities acquired \| facility	2
Off-Market Favorable Lease [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Number of identified intangible assets \| intangible_asset							2
New Haven Assisted Living [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Number of units available in living facilities \| unit						30
Acquisition consideration						$ 4.9
Leases period						12 years 6 months
Leases renewal options \| renewal_option						2
Leases renewal term						5 years
Anticipated initial annual lease revenues						$ 0.4
Trillium Healthcare Group [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Acquisition consideration					$ 5.0	$ 32.7
Leases period						15 years
Leases renewal options \| renewal_option						2
Leases renewal term						5 years
Anticipated initial annual lease revenues					$ 0.5	$ 3.2
Number of facilities acquired \| facility						9
Number of skilled nursing beds \| bed					82	518
Priority Life Care [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Number of units available in living facilities \| unit					336
Acquisition consideration					$ 21.2
Leases period					15 years
Leases renewal options \| renewal_option					2
Leases renewal term					5 years
Anticipated initial annual lease revenues					$ 1.8
Number of facilities acquired \| facility					3
Better Senior Living Consulting [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Number of units available in living facilities \| unit					74
Acquisition consideration					$ 5.7
Leases period					14 years
Leases renewal options \| renewal_option					2
Leases renewal term					5 years
Anticipated initial annual lease revenues					$ 0.5
Victory Park Nursing Home [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Number of skilled nursing beds \| bed				55
Victoria Retirement Community [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Number of skilled nursing beds \| bed				90
Number of assisted living beds \| bed				69
Victory Park Nursing Home and Victoria Retirement Community [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Acquisition consideration				$ 14.7
Anticipated initial annual lease revenues				$ 1.4
Shaw Mountain At Cascadia [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Acquisition consideration			$ 8.9
Leases period			15 years
Leases renewal options \| renewal_option			3
Leases renewal term			5 years
Anticipated initial annual lease revenues			$ 0.9
Number of skilled nursing beds \| bed			98
English Meadows Elks' Home [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Number of units available in living facilities \| unit			175
Acquisition consideration			$ 10.1
Anticipated initial annual lease revenues			0.9
Contingent earn-out liability			$ 5.0
Croatan Village [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Number of units available in living facilities \| unit			46
Countryside Village [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Number of units available in living facilities \| unit			21
Croatan Village And Countryside Village [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Acquisition consideration			$ 11.8
Leases period			15 years
Leases renewal options \| renewal_option			2
Leases renewal term			5 years
Anticipated initial annual lease revenues			$ 1.0
Premier Senior Living [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Acquisition consideration		$ 30.7
Anticipated initial annual lease revenues		$ 2.5
Number of facilities acquired \| facility							4
Number of assisted living beds \| bed							188
The Oaks At Petaluma [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Number of units available in living facilities \| unit	59
Acquisition consideration	$ 6.8
Leases period	15 years
Leases renewal options \| renewal_option	2
Leases renewal term	5 years
Anticipated initial annual lease revenues	$ 0.7
Ensign Master Leases [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Number of master leases \| lease							8
Annual revenues from Master Leases during first year							$ 56.0
Lease term for fixed contractual annual revenues							2 years
Escalation factor for calculating revenues after year two							0.00%
Percentage change in the consumer price index							2.50%
Number of leases \| facility							94
Triple Net Lease [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Number of leases \| facility							55