Mortgage Notes Receivable (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended				3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012 properties	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2012 properties	Jun. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Apr. 12, 2012 Capital Funding Group [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Bickford Commitment [Member] beds_or_units	Mar. 31, 2012 Construction Loans [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Construction Loans [Member] beds_or_units
Number of health care properties related to mortgage notes receivables	30		30
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable					$ 0
Loan Term						3
Loan Funding Committment						15,000,000
Mortgage notes receivable, net	82,199,000		82,199,000		78,672,000	5,000,000
Note Receivable Interest Rate						13.50%
Construction loan commitment									13,870,000
Construction of transitional rehabilitation center, number of beds									70
Supplemental draw available related to the construction loan commitment								2,000,000
Number of beds in real estate property							60
Interest Income, Operating	1,847,000	1,634,000	3,549,000	3,230,000
Proceeds from Sale and Collection of Mortgage Notes Receivable			1,735,000	2,804,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Commitments, Fixed Rates							3,000,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Description							3
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	$ 6,174,000		$ 6,174,000