caretrust reit, inc. is a publicly-traded real estate investment company engaged in the acquisition, ownership and leasing of seniors housing and healthcare-related properties. with 100 net-leased healthcare properties and three operated seniors housing properties in ten states, caretrust is acquiring and financing additional properties nationwide which will be operated by a diverse group of outstanding local, regional and national seniors housing operators, healthcare services providers, and other healthcare-related businesses. in 2014 caretrust was spun out of the ensign group, one of the country's premier post-acute care and seniors housing providers. founded in 1999 by a small group of leaders dedicated to changing the post-acute care industry "one facility at a time,"​ ensign has written an impressive growth story during a period of change, headwinds, and uncertainty. caretrust carries this excellence-focused, operator-centric mentality in its dna, and seeks now to partner with ot