EXHIBIT 23.4
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements of Health Care REIT, Inc.:
Registration Statement Number | Form | Description | ||
| 333-01239 | Form S-8 | 1995 Stock Incentive Plan | ||
| 333-40771 | Form S-8 | 1995 Stock Incentive Plan | ||
| 333-73916 | Form S-8 | 1995 Stock Incentive Plan | ||
| 333-126195 | Form S-8 | 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan | ||
| 333-161131 | Form S-8 | 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan | ||
| 333-166705 | Form S-3 | Third Amended and Restated Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan | ||
| 333-181185 | Form S-3 | Registration Statement pertaining to an indeterminate amount of debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, warrants and units | ||
of our report dated March 22, 2013, with respect to the combined financial statements of Sunrise Operations UK Limited, Sunrise Operations VW Limited, Sunrise Operations Elstree Limited, Sunrise Operations Banstead Limited, Sunrise Operations Purley Limited, Sunrise Home Help Services Limited, Sunrise Home Help Services VW Limited, Sunrise Home Help Elstree Limited, Sunrise Home Help Banstead Limited and Sunrise Home Help Purley Limited for the year ended December 31, 2011, included in this Form 8-K/A of Health Care REIT, Inc.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
London, England
March 25, 2013