POS AM: Post-effective amendment to a registration statement that is not immediately effective upon filing

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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
(Form S-11 No. 333-72750) and related Prospectus of Omega Healthcare Investors,
Inc. for the registration of up to 9,350,000 shares of its common stock.


/s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Chicago, Illinois
January 24, 2002