<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains  summary  financial  information  extracted  from
Karrington Health, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 1996
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
       
                             
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