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Income Taxes (Tax Treatment of Distributions and Consolidated Benefit for Income Taxes) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Tax treatment of distributions:      
Ordinary income (in dollars per share) $ 2.61271vtr_TaxTreatmentOfDistributionsOfOrdinaryIncome $ 2.65787vtr_TaxTreatmentOfDistributionsOfOrdinaryIncome $ 2.23124vtr_TaxTreatmentOfDistributionsOfOrdinaryIncome
Qualified ordinary income (in dollars per share) $ 0.10474vtr_TaxTreatmentofDistributionsofQualifiedOrdinaryIncome $ 0.03718vtr_TaxTreatmentofDistributionsofQualifiedOrdinaryIncome $ 0.00000vtr_TaxTreatmentofDistributionsofQualifiedOrdinaryIncome
Long-term capital gain (in dollars per share) $ 0.16224vtr_TaxTreatmentOfDistributionsOfLongTermCapitalGain $ 0.03995vtr_TaxTreatmentOfDistributionsOfLongTermCapitalGain $ 0.18884vtr_TaxTreatmentOfDistributionsOfLongTermCapitalGain
Unrecaptured Section 1250 gain (in dollars per share) $ 0.08531vtr_TaxTreatmentOfDistributionsOfUnrecapturedSection1250Gain $ 0.00000vtr_TaxTreatmentOfDistributionsOfUnrecapturedSection1250Gain $ 0.05992vtr_TaxTreatmentOfDistributionsOfUnrecapturedSection1250Gain
Distribution reported for 1099-DIV purposes (in dollars per share) $ 2.96500vtr_DistributionReportedFor1099DivPurposes $ 2.73500vtr_DistributionReportedFor1099DivPurposes $ 2.48000vtr_DistributionReportedFor1099DivPurposes
REIT distribution requirement (as a percent) 90.00%vtr_MinimumPercentageOfTaxableIncomeToBeDistributedAsDividendToMaintainReitStatus 90.00%vtr_MinimumPercentageOfTaxableIncomeToBeDistributedAsDividendToMaintainReitStatus 90.00%vtr_MinimumPercentageOfTaxableIncomeToBeDistributedAsDividendToMaintainReitStatus
Provision (benefit) for income taxes      
Current - Federal and state $ 878vtr_CurrentFederalStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit $ 2,684vtr_CurrentFederalStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit $ 1,208vtr_CurrentFederalStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit
Deferred - Federal and state (5,110)vtr_DeferredFederalStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit (14,256)vtr_DeferredFederalStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit (6,789)vtr_DeferredFederalStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit
Current - Foreign 327us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit 0us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit 0us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit
Deferred - Foreign (4,827)us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (256)us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (701)us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Income tax expense (benefit) $ (8,732)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ (11,828)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ (6,282)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit