S-4: Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions

EXHIBIT 23.8

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form S-4 of Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. of our report dated January 21,
1994, on our audits of the consolidated financial statements and financial
statement schedules of Health Equity Properties Incorporated and Subsidiaries
as of December 31, 1993 and 1992, and for the years ended December 31, 1993,
1992 and 1991, which report appears in the December 31, 1993 annual report on
Form 10-K of Health Equity Properties Incorporated and incorporated by
reference in this Form S-4. We also consent to the reference to our firm under
the caption "Experts".


/s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P
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Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P

August 19, 1994