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                              INVACARE CORPORATION

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



                 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Invacare Corporation
hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas R. Miklich, Dale C. LaPorte and Douglas
A. Neary, or any one or more of them, its attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for it in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments or post-effective amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitute or
substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed at
Cleveland, Ohio this 3rd day of March, 1995.

                                        INVACARE CORPORATION


                                             /s/  Thomas R. Miklich
                                        By:_____________________________________
                                           Thomas R. Miklich,
                                           Chief Financial Officer and
                                           Secretary




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                              INVACARE CORPORATION

                              CERTIFIED RESOLUTION


                 I, Thomas R. Miklich, Secretary of Invacare Corporation, an
Ohio corporation (the "Company"), do hereby certify that the following is a
true copy of a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors effective as of
March 1, 1995, and that the same has not been changed and remains in full force
and effect.

                 RESOLVED:  That each of Thomas R. Miklich, Dale C. LaPorte and
Douglas A. Neary is hereby appointed as the attorney of the Company will full
power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name, place and stead
of the Company to sign, attest and file the Registration Statement on Form S-3,
or any other appropriate form that may be used from time to time, with respect
to the Registrable Shares, and any and all amendments and Exhibits to such
Registration Statement and any and all applications or other documents to be
filed with the SEC or any and all applications or other documents to be filed
with any governmental or private agency or official relative to the issuance of
said Common Shares, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all
acts and things whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in the premises,
hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorneys or any such
substitute or substitutes and, without implied limitation, including in the
above the authority to do the foregoing things on behalf of the Company in the
name of the person so acting or on behalf and in the name of any duly
authorized officer of the Company; and that the Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company or the Chief Financial
Officer of the Company is hereby authorized, for and on behalf of the Company,
to execute a Power of Attorney evidencing the foregoing.



                                               /s/ Thomas R. Miklich
                                               ----------------------------
                                               Thomas R. Miklich, Secretary


Dated:  March 3, 1995





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