Commitments and Contingencies - Legal Proceedings related to HCRMC (Details)	1 Months Ended
Jul. 05, 2016 lawsuit
HCP stockholders derivative actions against certain HCP directors and officers and HCR ManorCare, Inc. \| HCR ManorCare, Inc.
Contingencies
Number of derivative actions filed	2

The total number of new claims filed pertaining to a loss contingency during the period.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25496072&loc=d3e14435-108349

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