Exhibit 23.2

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the 
Registration Statement (Form S-4 dated November 25, 1997) and related Prospectus
of Atria Communities, Inc. for the registration 2,500,000 shares of its common 
stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated February
1, 1997 except for Note 11 as to which the date is March 3, 1997, with respect 
to the financial statements of Atria Communities, Inc. included in its Annual 
Report (Form 10-K) for the year-ended December 31, 1996, filed with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission.

                               /s/  Ernst & Young LLP     


Louisville, Kentucky
November 21, 1997