Basis of Presentation
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Capital Senior Living Corporation, a Delaware corporation (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”), is one of the largest operators of senior housing communities in the United States in terms of resident capacity. The Company owns, operates and manages senior housing communities in geographically concentrated regions throughout the United States. As of September 30, 2016, the Company operated 128 senior housing communities in 23 states with an aggregate capacity of approximately 16,100 residents, including 78 senior housing communities that the Company owned and 50 senior housing communities that the Company leased. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Capital Senior Living Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet, as of December 31, 2015, has been derived from audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2015, and the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements, as of and for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have not been included pursuant to those rules and regulations. For further information, refer to the financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2015, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2016.

In the opinion of the Company, the accompanying consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (all of which were normal recurring accruals) necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position as of September 30, 2016, results of operations for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, and cash flows for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2016 and 2015. The results of operations for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2016, are not necessarily indicative of the results for the year ending December 31, 2016.