Form: 8-K

Current report filing

February 5, 2004

8-K: Current report filing

Published on February 5, 2004


EXHIBIT 23.1


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in (1) Registration Statement No.
33-308415 on Form S-3 related to the Dividend Reinvestment and Common Stock
Purchase Plan, (2) Registration Statement No. 333-6154 related to the 2000 Stock
Incentive Plan, (3) Shelf Registration Statement No. 33-32119 on Form S-4, (4)
Registration Statement No. 333-69807 and 333-3124 related to the 1993 Amended
and Restated Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan, and (5) Shelf Registration
Statement No. 333-69675 on Form S-3, of our report dated February 10, 2003,
except for the seventh paragraph of Note 19, as to which the date is February
28, 2003, and Note 20 as to which the date is February 4, 2004, with respect to
the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules of Omega
Healthcare Investors, Inc. included in the Current Report on Form 8-K dated
February 4, 2004.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Chicago, Illinois
February 4, 2004