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EXHIBIT 24.10
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, a
director and the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and President and Principal Executive Officer of Health Care
REIT, Inc. (the Company), a Delaware corporation
that is about to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, a
Form 10-K
Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2010, hereby
constitutes and appoints SCOTT A. ESTES, with full power to act,
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in the capacities as director and
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President and
Principal Executive Officer, to sign such
Form 10-K
which is about to be filed, and any and all amendments to such
Form 10-K,
and to file such
Form 10-K
and each such amendment so signed, with all exhibits thereto,
and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do
and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereunto sets his hand this
27th day of January, 2011.
/s/ George
L. Chapman
George L. Chapman
Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President and Principal Executive Officer