EXHIBIT 23.1

                     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
of Regent Assisted Living, Inc. on Form S-8 (File No. 333- ) of our report
dated March 8, 1996 on our audit of the financial statements of Regent
Assisted Living, Inc. as of December 31, 1995 and for the year then ended,
our report dated March 8, 1996 on our audits of the combined financial
statements of Regent Assisted Living Group as of December 31, 1994 and 1995
and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1995 and
our report dated March 8, 1996 on our audits of Sunshine Villa for the
years ended December 31, 1993 and 1994 and the eleven months ended November
30, 1995, which reports are included in the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of
Regent Assisted Living, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1995.





COOPERS & LYBRAND LLP

Portland, Oregon
September 16, 1996.