Exhibit 23.1


            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


Advocat Inc.
Brentwood, Tennessee


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 28, 2006 relating to the
consolidated financial statements and schedules of Advocat Inc. appearing in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. Our
report contains an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company's ability to
continue as a going concern.



/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP


Memphis, Tennessee

June 6, 2006