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Capital Lease, Number of Properties with Exercised Purchase Option

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Provision for Doubtful Accounts, Straight-Line Rent

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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The cumulative difference between the rental payments required by a lease agreement and the rental income or expense recognized on a straight-line basis, or other systematic and rational basis more representative of the time pattern in which use or benefit is granted or derived from the leased property, expected to be recognized in income or expense over the term of the leased property, by the lessor or lessee, respectively. Such receivable is reduced by allowances attributable to, for instance, credit risk associated with a lessee.

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The number of states the entity operates in as of the balance sheet date.

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Triple-Net Lease Arrangements (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Triple-Net Lease Arrangements (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) state	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) state	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 property	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of states properties are located in \| state	38		38
Straight-line rent receivables, net	$ 541		$ 541			$ 766	$ 473
Allowance of straight line rent receivables	81,000		81,000			$ 58,000	$ 37,800
Straight-line rent allowances expense	$ 5,900	$ 6,600	$ 19,500	$ 15,700
Customer Concentration Risk \| Senior Care Centers, LLC \| Real estate investments based on gross book value
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue or gross book value (Texas accounted for more than 10% of total revenue)			19.00%
Customer Concentration Risk \| Senior Care Centers, LLC \| Revenue
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue or gross book value (Texas accounted for more than 10% of total revenue)	13.20%	1.50%
Customer Concentration Risk \| Avamere Group, LLC \| Real estate investments based on gross book value
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue or gross book value (Texas accounted for more than 10% of total revenue)			9.60%
Customer Concentration Risk \| Avamere Group, LLC \| Revenue
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue or gross book value (Texas accounted for more than 10% of total revenue)	10.80%	9.20%
TEXAS \| Revenue
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of states properties are located in \| state	1		1
Minimum \| TEXAS \| Revenue
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue or gross book value (Texas accounted for more than 10% of total revenue)			10.00%
Skilled Nursing Facilities \| Forecast
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of properties with exercised purchase options \| property					7