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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors,
ARV Assisted Living, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-8 of ARV Assisted Living, Inc. of our report dated March 2, 2000, relating to
the consolidated balance sheets of ARV Assisted Living, Inc. and subsidiaries as
of December 31, 1999 and 1998 and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the
two-year period ended December 31, 1999, and the nine-month period ended
December 31, 1997, which report appears in the December 31, 1999, annual report
on Form 10-K of ARV Assisted Living, Inc.

                                             /s/ KPMG LLP


Orange County, California
March 30, 2000