S-11/A: Registration statement for securities to be issued by real estate companies

EXHIBIT 23.1


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Experts" and
"Selected Financial Data" and to the use of our report dated March 16, 2001
(except for the third and seventh paragraphs of Note 15, as to which the date is
March 30, 2001) in Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Amendment
No. 1 on Form S-11 to Form S-1, No. 333-72750) and related Prospectus of Omega
Healthcare Investors, Inc. for the registration of up to 9,400,000 shares of its
common stock.


/s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Chicago, Illinois
December 18, 2001