The number of beds or units in a real estate property reclassified from held-for-sale to held-for-use.

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The number of beds or units in a real estate property sold by the entity.

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Represents the number of skilled nursing properties sold by the entity.

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Represents the amount of provision established for federal or state income taxes as of the balance sheet date. As a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1982, as amended, the company is generally not taxed on income that is distributed to the stockholders.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Revenue from the sale of commercial, industrial, or residential property during the period. This element is more likely than not relevant to an entity for which real estate operations are a principal activity. If real estate operations are not a principal activity, the reporting entity would likely use a gain (loss) on sale of property, plant, or equipment type element.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(e))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6880815&loc=d3e20235-122688

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 66

-Paragraph 44, 45

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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General (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended				3 Months Ended
General (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2013 segment	Sep. 30, 2013 Skilled Nursing property	Sep. 30, 2013 47-bed skilled nursing property Colorado bed	Sep. 30, 2012 140-bed skilled nursing property Texas bed	Sep. 30, 2012 Independent living property Texas unit
General
Number of operating segments	1
Provision for federal or state income taxes	$ 0
Sale of property
Number of beds or units in property sold			47	140
Sale of property			$ 1,000	$ 1,248,000
Number of skilled nursing properties sold		6
Number of beds or units in property reclassified from held-for-sale to held-for-use					140