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Equity Method Investment, Rate Of Return, Floor

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Equity Method Investments, Basis Spread On Variable Rate

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Initial Lease Yield

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Loan Receivable, Extension Option Term

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Loan Receivable, Number Of Beds In Property Utilized To Secure Loan

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Loan Receivable, Number Of Extension Options

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Loan Receivable Number Of Facilities Utilized To Secure Mortgage Loan

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Loans Receivable, Fixed Interest Rate

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Number Of Beds Planned For Construction

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Purchase And Sale Agreement, Amount

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Unrecognized Preferred Return From Prior Period, Recognized In Current Period

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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Amount of operating interest income, including, but not limited to, amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on securities.

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of financing receivable. Excludes financing receivable covered under loss sharing agreement.

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The cash outflow from the acquisition of a piece of land, anything permanently fixed to it, including buildings, structures on it and so forth; includes real estate intended to generate income for the owner; excludes real estate acquired for use by the owner.

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Amount of distribution received from equity method investee for return of investment, classified as investing activities. Excludes distribution for return on investment, classified as operating activities.

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Other Real Estate Investments - Narrative (Details)	1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Other Real Estate Investments - Narrative (Details)	Jul. 31, 2019 USD ($) bed	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2019 USD ($) extension_option facility	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) bed	Jul. 31, 2016 USD ($) bed	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) facility	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) facility	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 01, 2019 USD ($) facility	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Preferred equity investment						$ 3,100,000		$ 3,100,000
Aggregate purchase price								303,871,000
Payment to acquire facility								298,557,000	$ 75,621,000
Return of initial investment								2,204,000	0
Cumulative contractual preferred return through acquisition date						1,100,000
Mortgage Loan Receivable
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Mortgage loan						41,700,000		41,700,000
Providence \| Mortgage Loan Receivable
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Interest income recognized						800,000	$ 300,000	1,800,000	900,000
Mortgage loan											$ 12,500,000
Mortgage loan receivable interest rate (percent)											9.00%
Covenant Care \| Mortgage Loan Receivable
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Mortgage loan			$ 11,400,000
Mortgage loan receivable interest rate (percent)			9.00%
Facilities utilized to secure mortgage loan \| facility			5
Number of extension options \| extension_option			2
Extension option term (in months)			6 months
Manteca
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Purchase and sale agreement amount	$ 16,400,000
Manteca \| Mortgage Loan Receivable
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of beds in facility used to secure loan \| bed	176
Mortgage loan	$ 3,000,000.0
Mortgage loan receivable interest rate (percent)	8.00%
CommuniCare \| Mortgage Loan Receivable
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Mortgage loan						$ 26,500,000		$ 26,500,000		$ 26,500,000
Mortgage loan receivable interest rate (percent)						10.00%		10.00%
Facilities utilized to secure mortgage loan \| facility						3		3		3
Cascadia Development, LLC
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Preferred equity investment				$ 2,300,000	$ 2,200,000
Preferred equity investment minimum yield				12.00%	12.00%
Number of beds planned for construction \| bed				99	99
Initial lease yield (percent)				9.00%	9.00%
Return of initial investment		$ 2,200,000
Cascadia Development, LLC \| Prime Rate
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Basis spread of preferred equity investment yield				9.50%	9.50%
Preferred Equity Investment
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Interest income recognized						$ 0	$ 0	$ 600,000	$ 200,000
Recognition of unrecognized preferred return from prior periods								400,000
Skilled nursing
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price		16,200,000						$ 246,099,000
Payment to acquire facility		$ 12,900,000