Additional Master Leaser Agreements

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Amended Separate Master Leases

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Facilities operated under two separate three-facility master lease arrangements. Under these master leases, a breach at a single facility could subject one or more of the other facilities covered by the same master lease to the same default risk.

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Master Lease agreements

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New Operations Under Separate Master Leases

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

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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Amount of increase in right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for operating lease liability.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
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LEASES - Lessor Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
LEASES - Lessor Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) facility operation senior_living_community agreement	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 facility	Oct. 31, 2019 operation
Lessor, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| facility	108
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new and modified operating lease obligations \| $	$ 370,753	$ 198,593	$ 24,599
Amended Master Lease Agreement
Lessor, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Amended of separate master leases \| operation	2
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new and modified operating lease obligations \| $	$ 207,638
New Master Lease Agreeement
Lessor, 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 \| operation	6
Various Landlords
Lessor, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Facilities under master lease arrangement \| facility	58
Master lease agreements \| agreement	10
Various Landlords \| New Master Lease Agreeement
Lessor, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Additional master lease agreement \| agreement	2
Spinoff \| Minimum
Lessor, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessor, operating lease, term of contract	14 years
Spinoff \| Maximum
Lessor, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessor, operating lease, term of contract	16 years
The Pennant Group, Inc. \| Senior Living Facilities
Lessor, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| facility				2
The Pennant Group, Inc. \| Spinoff \| Senior Living Facilities
Lessor, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties	29				29