Real Estate Investments - Owned Properties (Details) - Real Estate Investment $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) state item property $ / item
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investment \| $	$ 1,414,267
Percentage of Investment	100.00%
Number of properties \| property	177
Number of states \| state	28
Number of operators	29
Operating leases
Number of ways to compute annual rent increases	4
Minimum
Operating leases
Initial lease term	10 years
Specified annual increase over the prior year's rent (as a percent)	2.00%
Maximum
Operating leases
Initial lease term	15 years
Specified annual increase over the prior year's rent (as a percent)	3.00%
SNF Beds
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units	9,037
ALF Units
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units	6,146
ALF
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investment \| $	$ 802,484
Percentage of Investment	56.80%
Number of properties \| property	103
Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	136.36
ALF \| ALF Units
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units	5,885
SNF
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investment \| $	$ 569,141
Percentage of Investment	40.20%
Number of properties \| property	73
Investment per Bed/Unit \| $ / item	62.00
SNF \| SNF Beds
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units	8,919
SNF \| ALF Units
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units	261
Properties under Development
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investment \| $	$ 31,602
Percentage of Investment	2.20%
Properties under Development \| Developments
Real Estate Investments
Number of developments	3
Properties under Development \| SNF Beds \| Developments
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units under development	143
Properties under Development \| Combination ALF and MC community \| Developments
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units under development	78
Properties under Development \| Combination ALF, MC and ILF community \| Developments
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units under development	110
Other
Real Estate Investments
Gross Investment \| $	$ 11,040
Percentage of Investment	0.80%
Number of properties \| property	1
Number of parcels of land	3
Other \| SNF Beds
Real Estate Investments
Number of beds/units	118
Hospital
Real Estate Investments
Number of properties \| property	1

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