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Number of skilled nursing beds available for use at a skilled nursing facility

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Skilled Nursing, Senior Living and Independent Living Facilities

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Discount rate used by lessee to determine present value of operating lease payments.

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of operating lease expense. Excludes sublease income.

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LEASES - Lessee Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
LEASES - Lessee Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	Feb. 02, 2023 USD ($) operation	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) skilled_nursing_property operation renewal agreement bed facility lease	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) bed operation	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) bed operation
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, operating lease, term of contract		10 years
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new and modified operating lease obligations \| $		$ 370,753	$ 198,593	$ 24,599
Reduction of right-of-use asset operating lease liability due to acquiring leased assets \| $		$ 10,080
Operating lease, weighted average remaining lease term		15 years	14 years 9 months 18 days
Operating lease, weighted average discount rate, percent		6.70%	7.60%
Operational skilled nursing beds \| bed		28,100
Skilled Nursing Operations
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number of real estate skilled nursing properties acquired \| skilled_nursing_property		3
Number of businesses acquired		23	17	5
Operational skilled nursing beds \| bed		3,058	1,832	507
Skilled Nursing Operations \| Subsequent Event
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired	17
Cost of Sales and General and Administrative Expense
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Rent expense \| $		$ 153,174	$ 139,458	$ 129,990
Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, operating lease, renewal term		10 years
Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, operating lease, renewal term		15 years
Amended Master Lease \| Subsequent Event
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new and modified operating lease obligations \| $	$ 315,337
Number of lease agreement	2
Amended Master Lease \| Skilled Nursing Operations \| Subsequent Event
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired	17
New Master Lease Agreement \| Skilled Nursing Operations \| Subsequent Event
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired	20
Operational skilled nursing beds	2
Subleased To Third Party \| Skilled Nursing Operations \| Subsequent Event
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired	3
Amended Master Lease Agreement
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Amended of separate master leases		2
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new and modified operating lease obligations \| $		$ 207,638
New Master Lease Agreeement
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new and modified operating lease obligations \| $		$ 54,755
New operations under separate master leases		6
CareTrust REIT
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living facilities \| facility		97
Master lease agreements \| agreement		9
Lessee, operating lease, renewal term		5 years
Consumer price index		0
Operating leases of lessee, contingent rentals, basis spread on variable rate		2.50%
Number of stand-alone leases \| lease		1
Rent expense \| $		$ 64,178	$ 59,571	$ 52,838
CareTrust REIT \| Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, operating lease, term of contract		13 years
Lessee leasing arrangements, operating leases, number of renewal terms \| renewal		2
CareTrust REIT \| Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, operating lease, term of contract		20 years
Lessee leasing arrangements, operating leases, number of renewal terms \| renewal		3
CareTrust REIT \| Third Party Tenants Under Triple Net Lease Arrangements
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living facilities \| facility		96
CareTrust REIT \| Purchase Option
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living facilities \| facility		4
Various Landlords
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Master lease agreements \| agreement		10
Facilities under master lease arrangement \| facility		58
Various Landlords \| Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, operating lease, term of contract		5 years
Various Landlords \| Minimum \| Equipment
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, operating lease, term of contract		3 years
Various Landlords \| Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, operating lease, term of contract		20 years
Various Landlords \| Maximum \| Equipment
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, operating lease, term of contract		5 years
Various Landlords \| New Master Lease Agreeement
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Additional master lease agreement \| agreement		2