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Asset Acquisition, Number Of Acquisitions

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Asset Acquisition, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

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Business Combination, Number Of Acquisitions

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Number Of Asset Acquisitions

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Number Of Units In Real Estate Property Acquired

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, that lack physical substance, having a projected indefinite period of benefit, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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ACQUISITIONS - NARRATIVE (Details) $ in Thousands	2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
ACQUISITIONS - NARRATIVE (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 04, 2020 USD ($) stand-alone_senior_living_operation home_health_agency hospice_agency	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) home_care_agency home_health_agency senior_living_unit stand-alone_senior_living_operation hospice_agency	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) acquisition home_health_agency hospice_agency home_care_agency senior_living_unit stand-alone_senior_living_operation	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) hospice_agency home_care_agency senior_living_unit stand-alone_senior_living_operation home_health_agency
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination and asset acquisition, purchase price		$ 18,780	$ 5,318	$ 12,059
Business combination, preliminary allocation of purchase price, goodwill		41,233	30,892	27,964
Business combination, acquisition costs		665	0	0
Subsequent event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination and asset acquisition, purchase price	$ 2,968
Asset acquisitions 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Asset acquisition, purchase price		20
Asset acquisitions 2018
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Asset acquisition, purchase price			$ 593
Asset acquisition, number of acquisitions \| acquisition			9
Asset acquisition, preliminary allocation of purchase price, indefinite-lived intangible assets			$ 515
Business acquisitions 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, purchase price		18,760
Business combination, preliminary allocation of purchase price, goodwill		10,341
Preliminary allocation of purchase price, indefinite-lived intangible assets		8,326
Business combination, acquisition costs		611
Revenue		17,006
Net income (loss) before taxes		3,036
Business acquisitions 2018
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, purchase price			4,725
Preliminary allocation of purchase price, indefinite-lived intangible assets			$ 4,710
Business combination, number of acquisitions \| acquisition			6
Home Health and Hospice Services
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, preliminary allocation of purchase price, goodwill		$ 37,591	$ 27,250	$ 24,322
Home Health and Hospice Services \| Home Health Services
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired and assets acquisitions \| home_health_agency			4	3
Home Health and Hospice Services \| Home Health Services \| Subsequent event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired and assets acquisitions \| home_health_agency	1
Home Health and Hospice Services \| Home Health Services \| Business acquisitions 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired \| home_health_agency		2
Home Health and Hospice Services \| Hospice Services
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired and assets acquisitions \| hospice_agency			2	3
Home Health and Hospice Services \| Hospice Services \| Subsequent event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired and assets acquisitions \| hospice_agency	1
Home Health and Hospice Services \| Hospice Services \| Business acquisitions 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired \| hospice_agency		5
Home Health and Hospice Services \| Home Care
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired and assets acquisitions \| home_care_agency			2	1
Home Health and Hospice Services \| Home Care \| Business acquisitions 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired \| home_care_agency		2
Senior Living Services
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of units (in units) \| senior_living_unit		143	386	250
Business combination, preliminary allocation of purchase price, goodwill		$ 3,642	$ 3,642	$ 3,642
Number of businesses acquired and assets acquisitions \| stand-alone_senior_living_operation			7	7
Senior Living Services \| Subsequent event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired and assets acquisitions \| stand-alone_senior_living_operation	1
Senior Living Services \| Asset acquisitions 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of asset acquisitions \| stand-alone_senior_living_operation		2