EXHIBIT 10.35

HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.

Summary of Director Compensation

     For each calendar year, each non-employee member of the Board of Directors of Health Care REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) will receive an annual retainer of $45,000, payable in equal quarterly installments. Additionally, each of the chairs of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee will receive an additional retainer of $10,000, the chair of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee will receive an additional retainer of $7,500 and the presiding director of executive sessions of non-employee directors will receive an additional retainer of $2,500. If the Board of Directors holds more than four meetings in a year, each non-employee member of the Board will receive $1,500 for each meeting attended in excess of four meetings. With respect to the Audit, Compensation, Executive and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committees, if any of these committees holds more than four meetings in a year, each non-employee member of these committees will receive $1,000 for each meeting attended in excess of four meetings.

     In each calendar year and until otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, each of the non-employee directors will receive a grant of deferred stock units with a value of $70,000, pursuant to the Company’s 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan. The deferred stock units will be convertible into shares of common stock of the Company in three equal installments on the first three anniversaries of the date of the grant. Recipients of the deferred stock units also will be entitled to dividend equivalent rights.