EXHIBIT 23.1


              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Integrated Health Services, Inc.:

     We consent to the use of our report  dated March 24,  1997  relating to the
consolidated  financial  statements  of  Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc. and
subsidiaries,  incorporated  by reference  herein,  our report dated October 17,
1996 relating to the consolidated  financial statements of First American Health
Care of Georgia,  Inc. and subsidiaries,  incorporated by reference herein,  and
our  report  dated  April  14,  1997  relating  to  the  consolidated  financial
statements of Community Care of America, Inc. and subsidiaries,  incorporated by
reference  herein,  and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts"
in the registration statement.

     Our report dated March 24, 1997 refers to changes in accounting methods, in
1995, to adopt Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards No. 121 relating to
impairment  of long-lived  assets and, in 1996,  from  deferring and  amortizing
pre-opening  costs of medical specialty units to recording them as expenses when
incurred.  Our report dated October 17, 1996 contains an  explanatory  paragraph
regarding the uncertainty with respect to certain contingent  payments which may
be  payable  under  a  settlement  agreement  with  the  Health  Care  Financing
Administration.  Our  report  dated  April  14,  1997  refers  to the  change in
accounting method in 1996 to adopt Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards
No. 121 relating to impairment of long-lived assets.

                     KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Baltimore, Maryland
December 8, 1997