EXHIBIT 24.1 POWER OF ATTORNEY (Bowen/Ekberg/Jacobsen/Gish/Roderick/Parfitt Stock Option Plan) KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned, each an officer and/or director of REGENT ASSISTED LIVING, INC. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints WALTER C. BOWEN and STEVEN L. GISH, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents to do any and all acts and things and to execute in his or her name any and all instruments which such attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of Common Stock of the Company issuable pursuant to the Company's Bowen/Ekberg/Jacobsen/Gish/Roderick/Parfitt Stock Option Plan, including specifically, but without limitation thereto, power and authority to sign his or her name to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any amendment thereto (including any post-effective amendment) or application for amendment thereto in respect to such Common Stock or any exhibits filed therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. DATED: September 16, 1996 WALTER C. BOWEN PETER J. BRIX - ----------------------------- ----------------------------- Walter C. Bowen Peter J. Brix STEVEN L. GISH GARY R. MAFFEI - ----------------------------- ----------------------------- Steven L. Gish Gary R. Maffei JAMES W. EKBERG COREY M. SMITH - ----------------------------- ----------------------------- James W. Ekberg Corey M. Smith ERIC W. JACOBSEN MARVIN S. HAUSMAN - ----------------------------- ----------------------------- Eric W. Jacobsen Marvin S. Hausman