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EXHIBIT 24.11
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, the
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and
Principal Financial 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 GEORGE L. CHAPMAN, 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 Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Principal
Financial 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/ Scott
A. Estes
Scott A. Estes
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
and Principal Financial Officer