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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Joint Ventures (Details) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Aug. 01, 2022 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	May 31, 2021 USD ($) property	Jan. 31, 2021 facility	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) property joint_venture	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) property joint_venture	Aug. 31, 2022 property	Apr. 30, 2021 property	Mar. 31, 2021 joint_venture
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures				$ 403,634			$ 698,903		$ 403,634	$ 698,903
Gain on deconsolidation							$ 311,000			$ 311,000
Medical Office JVs
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of unconsolidated joint ventures (in joint ventures) \| joint_venture							2			2
HCP Ventures IV, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment ownership percentage							20.00%			20.00%
Suburban Properties, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment ownership percentage							67.00%			67.00%
HCP Ventures III, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment ownership percentage				30.00%					30.00%
Discovery Naples JV and Discovery Sarasota JV
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of unconsolidated joint ventures (in joint ventures) \| joint_venture													2
Discovery Naples JV
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment ownership percentage													41.00%
Discovery Sarasota JV
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment ownership percentage													47.00%
CCRC JV
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment ownership percentage					49.00%
Proceeds from sale of property					$ 19,000
Brookedale MTCA \| CCRC JV
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of assets to be sold \| property					2
Proceeds from sale of property					$ 38,000
Other Non-Reporting Segment \| SWF SH JV
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Property count \| property							19			19
Investment ownership percentage							54.00%			54.00%
Equity method investments				$ 355,394			$ 348,906		$ 355,394	$ 348,906
Life Science
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of property			$ 14,000
Life Science \| South San Francisco JVs
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Property count \| property							7			7
Investment ownership percentage							70.00%			70.00%
Equity method investments				0			$ 298,806		0	$ 298,806
Number of unconsolidated joint ventures (in joint ventures) \| joint_venture							7			7
Life Science \| Life Science JV
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Property count \| property							1			1
Investment ownership percentage							49.00%			49.00%
Equity method investments				$ 25,605			$ 27,009		$ 25,605	$ 27,009
Life Science \| Needham Land Parcel JV
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Property count \| property							0			0
Investment ownership percentage				38.00%			38.00%		38.00%	38.00%
Equity method investments				$ 13,566			$ 15,342		$ 13,566	$ 15,342
Payments to acquire equity method investment				13,000
Life Science \| Life Science JV in San Francisco, California
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Property count \| property											7
Investment ownership percentage							70.00%			70.00%
Life Science \| Life Science JV in San Francisco, California \| Life Science JV in San Francisco, California
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment ownership percentage	30.00%
Cash proceeds	$ 126,000
Medical Office
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of property		$ 9,000						$ 27,000	11,000
Medical Office \| Medical Office JVs
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Property count \| property							3			3
Equity method investments				$ 9,069			$ 8,840		$ 9,069	$ 8,840
Medical Office \| Medical Office JVs \| Minimum
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment ownership percentage							20.00%			20.00%
Medical Office \| Medical Office JVs \| Maximum
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment ownership percentage							67.00%			67.00%
SHOP
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of assets to be sold \| facility						16
SHOP \| Discovery SHOP Portfolio
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of preferred equity method investments sold \| property												2