DIRECTOR'S
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby authorizes Edward
Henning, Alan C. Vital and Kathleen O'Bryan of Health Care Property
Investors, Inc. (the Company) to execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigneds capacity as a director of the Company, Forms
3, 4 and 5, and any amendments thereto, and cause such form(s) to be filed
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section
16(a) of the Securities Act of 1934, relating to the undersigned's beneficial
ownership of securities in the Company.  The undersigned hereby grants to
each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney in fact, or such attorney in fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This Power of Attorney
shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings
of, and transactions in, securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has cause this Power
of Attorney to be executed
as of this ____ day of _____________, 20___.

[SIGNATURE]

 SV\340998.1