As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2006

                                                           Registration No. 333-

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                              INVACARE CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

             Ohio                                         95-2680965
-----------------------------------          -----------------------------------
(State or Other Jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 Incorporation or Organization)

                                One Invacare Way
                               Elyria, Ohio 44035
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)


                   INVACARE CORPORATION 2003 PERFORMANCE PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)


                                                          Copy to:
                                                          -------
            Dale C. LaPorte                           Douglas A. Neary, Esq.
Senior Vice President - Business Development      Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
          and General Counsel                    1400 McDonald Investment Center
          Invacare Corporation                        800 Superior Avenue
           One Invacare Way                          Cleveland, Ohio 44114
          Elyria, Ohio 44035                            (216) 622-8200
           (440) 329-6000

(Name, address and telephone number,
 including area code, of agent for service)


<table>
<caption>

                                          CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<s>                                                   <c>              <c>               <c>                <c>
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                                                                     Proposed
                                                                      Maximum       Proposed Maximum
                                                     Amount          Offering          Aggregate          Amount of
                                                     to be             Price            Offering         Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered             Registered (2)      Per Share           Price               Fee
----------------------------------------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------------- ---------------

Common Shares, without par value (1)               1,800,000         21.05 (3)        $37,890,000 (3)     $4,054.23
----------------------------------------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------------- ---------------
</table>

(1)  One  preferred  share  purchase  right (a "Right") will also be issued with
     respect to each common share,  without par value,  of the  registrant  (the

<page>
     "Common Shares"). The terms of the Rights are described in the registrant's
     Registration  Statement on Form 8-A, dated July 8, 2005, as the same may be
     amended or supplemented from time to time.

(2)  Pursuant  to Rule 416 under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  (the
     "Securities Act"), this registration  statement also covers such additional
     Common  Shares as may be issued or become  issuable  under the terms of the
     Invacare  Corporation  2003  Performance  Plan  (the  "Plan"),  in order to
     prevent dilution  resulting from any stock split, stock dividend or similar
     transaction.

(3)  Estimated in accordance  with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act,
     solely for the purpose of calculating the  registration  fee and based upon
     the average of the high and low sales price of the Common  Shares  reported
     on the New York  Stock  Exchange  on  August  2,  2006.






<PAGE>

                     STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     This Registration  Statement on Form S-8 is filed to register the offer and
sale of an  additional  1,800,000  shares  of the  registrant's  common  shares,
without  par  value  (the  "Common  Shares"),  to be issued  under the  Invacare
Corporation  2003  Performance  Plan,  as  amended  (the  "Plan").  Accordingly,
pursuant to General  Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the registrant's
Registration  Statement on Form S-8 filed on October 17, 2003  (Commission  File
No. 333-109794) registering 2,000,000 Common Shares for issuance under the Plan,
are hereby incorporated by reference.

                                     PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.       Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The  following  documents  previously  filed  by the  registrant  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by
reference:

     1.   The registrant's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
          December 31, 2005;

     2.   The registrant's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
          ended March 31, 2006;

     3.   The registrant's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
          ended June 30, 2006;

     4.   The registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 4, 2006;

     5.   The  registrant's  Current  Report  on Form 8-K  filed on May 3,  2006
          (under Items 1.01, 2.03 and 9.01);

     6.   The registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2006;

     7.   The  description  of the Common Shares  contained in the  registrant's
          Registration  Statement on Form 8-A,  dated October 22, 1986 (Reg. No.
          0-12938)  and any  amendments  and  reports  filed for the  purpose of
          updating that description; and

     8.   The   description  of  the  Rights   contained  in  the   registrant's
          Registration  Statement  on Form  8-A,  dated  July 8,  2005,  and any
          amendments   or  reports  filed  for  the  purpose  of  updating  that
          description;

other  than the  portions  of such  documents  that,  by  statute  or  rule,  by
designation  in such document or otherwise,  are not deemed to be filed with the
Commission or are not required to be incorporated herein by reference.

     All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c),  14 and 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended (the
"Exchange  Act"),  prior  to the  filing  of a  post-effective  amendment  which
indicates that all securities  offered have been sold or which  deregisters  all
securities  then  remaining  unsold,  shall  be  deemed  to be  incorporated  by
reference in the Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such  documents,  other than the  portions of such  documents  that by
statute,  by  designation  in such document or  otherwise,  are not deemed to be
filed with the  Commission  or are not  required  to be  incorporated  herein by
reference.
<page>
     Any  statement  contained  in a  document  incorporated  or  deemed  to  be
incorporated  by reference  herein shall be deemed to be modified or  superseded
for  purposes  of this  Registration  Statement  to the extent  that a statement
contained herein or in any other  subsequently filed document that also is or is
deemed to be  incorporated  by  reference  herein  modifies or  supersedes  such
statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,  except
as so  modified  or  superseded,  to  constitute  a part  of  this  Registration
Statement.

Item 8.       Exhibits.

     The exhibits  listed on the  accompanying  Exhibit  Index are  incorporated
herein by reference.






<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of  Elyria,  State of Ohio,  on this 8th day of August,
2006.


                                                   INVACARE CORPORATION

                                                By:/s/ A. Malachi Mixon, III
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                    A. Malachi Mixon, III
                                                    Chairman of the Board
                                                    and Chief Executive Officer
                                                   (Principal Executive Officer)

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities indicated as of August 8, 2006.

Signature                            Title
---------                            -----

/s/ A. Malachi Mixon, III
--------------------------
A. Malachi Mixon, III                Chairman of the Board
                                     and Chief Executive Officer
                                    (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Gregory C. Thompson
--------------------------
Gregory C. Thompson                  Senior Vice President
                                     and Chief Financial Officer
                                    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Gerald B. Blouch
--------------------------
Gerald B. Blouch                     Director

/s/ Joseph B. Richey, II
--------------------------
Joseph B. Richey, II                 Director


--------------------------
James C. Boland                      Director


--------------------------
Michael F. Delaney                   Director


--------------------------
C. Martin Harris, M.D.               Director

/s/ Bernadine P. Healy, M.D.
--------------------------
Bernadine P. Healy, M.D.             Director

<page>
/s/ John R. Kasich
--------------------------
John R. Kasich                       Director

/s/ Dan T. Moore, III
--------------------------
Dan T. Moore, III                    Director

/s/ William M. Weber
--------------------------
William M. Weber                     Director


<PAGE>




                              INVACARE CORPORATION
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

   Exhibit                           Exhibit
   Number                          Description
   ------                          -----------

     4.1  Amended and Restated  Articles of Incorporation of the registrant,  as
          last amended on February 2, 1996. (1)
     4.2  Code of Regulations of the Company, as amended on May 22, 1996. (2)
     4.3  Certificate   of  Amendment  to  Amended  and  Restated   Articles  of
          Incorporation, as amended on July 8, 2005. (3)
     4.4  Specimen Share Certificate for Common Shares. (4)
     4.5  Rights Agreement  between the Company and National City Bank, dated as
          of July 8, 2005. (5)
     4.6  Invacare Corporation 2003 Performance Plan, as amended. (6)
     5.1  Opinion of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP. (x)
     23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. (x)
     23.2 Consent of Calfee,  Halter & Griswold LLP  (included in Exhibit 5.1 of
          this Registration Statement).


------------------

     (1)  Incorporated  herein by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the  registrant's
          Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the  fiscal  year ended  December  31,
          2004.
     (2)  Incorporated  herein by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to the  registrant's
          Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the  fiscal  year ended  December  31,
          2004.
     (3)  Incorporated  herein by reference  to Exhibit 3.1 to the  registrant's
          Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 8, 2005.
     (4)  Incorporated  herein by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the  registrant's
          Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the  fiscal  year ended  December  31,
          2005.
     (5)  Incorporated  herein by reference  to Exhibit 4.1 to the  registrant's
          Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 8, 2005.
     (6)  Incorporated  herein by  reference  to Appendix A of the  registrant's
          Definitive  Proxy  Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission
          on April 7, 2006.
     (x)  Filed herewith.


<PAGE>

                                                                     Exhibit 5.1


                   [Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP Letterhead]


                                 August 8, 2006


Invacare Corporation
One Invacare Way
Elyria, Ohio  44035

         Re:      Invacare Corporation 2003 Performance Plan (the "Plan")

     We are  familiar  with the  proceedings  taken and  proposed to be taken by
Invacare  Corporation,  an Ohio  corporation  (the  "Company"),  with respect to
1,800,000 common shares, without par value, of the Company (the "Shares"), to be
offered  and sold from time to time  pursuant  to the Plan.  As counsel  for the
Company, we have assisted in the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form
S-8  (the  "Registration  Statement")  to be  filed  by  the  Company  with  the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  to effect the  registration  of the Shares
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     In this connection, we have examined such documents, records and matters of
law as we have deemed  necessary  or  advisable  for  purposes  of the  opinions
expressed herein,  and based thereon,  we are of the opinion that the Shares are
duly  authorized and, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will
be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

     The opinions  expressed  herein are limited solely to the state laws of the
State of Ohio.

     We hereby  consent  to the filing of this  opinion  as  Exhibit  5.1 to the
Registration  Statement.  We do not admit that we are in the category of persons
whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

                                                   Very truly yours,


                                               /s/ CALFEE, HALTER & GRISWOLD LLP

                                                   CALFEE, HALTER & GRISWOLD LLP



<PAGE>



                                                                    Exhibit 23.1




            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8)  pertaining  to the  Invacare  Corporation  2003  Performance  Plan for the
registration of 1,800,000  common shares of our reports dated March 8, 2006 with
respect to the  consolidated  financial  statements  and  schedule  of  Invacare
Corporation and  subsidiaries  included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the
year ended December 31, 2005, Invacare  Corporation  management's  assessment of
the  effectiveness  of  internal  control  over  financial  reporting,  and  the
effectiveness  of  internal   control  over  financial   reporting  of  Invacare
Corporation, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.





                                                            /s/ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Cleveland, Ohio
August 8, 2006
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2006

                                                           Registration No. 333-

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                              INVACARE CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

             Ohio                                         95-2680965
-----------------------------------          -----------------------------------
(State or Other Jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 Incorporation or Organization)

                                One Invacare Way
                               Elyria, Ohio 44035
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

                   INVACARE CORPORATION 2003 PERFORMANCE PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                                          Copy to:
                                                          -------
            Dale C. LaPorte                           Douglas A. Neary, Esq.
Senior Vice President - Business Development      Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
          and General Counsel                    1400 McDonald Investment Center
          Invacare Corporation                        800 Superior Avenue
           One Invacare Way                          Cleveland, Ohio 44114
          Elyria, Ohio 44035                            (216) 622-8200
           (440) 329-6000

(Name, address and telephone number,
 including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     Proposed
                                                                      Maximum       Proposed Maximum
                                                     Amount          Offering          Aggregate          Amount of
                                                     to be             Price            Offering         Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered             Registered (2)      Per Share           Price               Fee
----------------------------------------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------------- ---------------

Common Shares, without par value (1)               1,800,000         21.05 (3)        $37,890,000 (3)     $4,054.23
----------------------------------------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------------- ---------------
(1)  One  preferred  share  purchase  right (a "Right") will also be issued with
     respect to each common share,  without par value,  of the  registrant  (the
"Common Shares"). The terms of the Rights are described in the registrant's
     Registration  Statement on Form 8-A, dated July 8, 2005, as the same may be
     amended or supplemented from time to time.

(2)  Pursuant  to Rule 416 under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  (the
     "Securities Act"), this registration  statement also covers such additional
     Common  Shares as may be issued or become  issuable  under the terms of the
     Invacare  Corporation  2003  Performance  Plan  (the  "Plan"),  in order to
     prevent dilution  resulting from any stock split, stock dividend or similar
     transaction.

(3)  Estimated in accordance  with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act,
     solely for the purpose of calculating the  registration  fee and based upon
     the average of the high and low sales price of the Common  Shares  reported
     on the New York  Stock  Exchange  on  August  2,  2006.
STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     This Registration  Statement on Form S-8 is filed to register the offer and
sale of an  additional  1,800,000  shares  of the  registrant's  common  shares,
without  par  value  (the  "Common  Shares"),  to be issued  under the  Invacare
Corporation  2003  Performance  Plan,  as  amended  (the  "Plan").  Accordingly,
pursuant to General  Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the registrant's
Registration  Statement on Form S-8 filed on October 17, 2003  (Commission  File
No. 333-109794) registering 2,000,000 Common Shares for issuance under the Plan,
are hereby incorporated by reference.

                                     PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.       Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The  following  documents  previously  filed  by the  registrant  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by
reference:

     1.   The registrant's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
          December 31, 2005;

     2.   The registrant's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
          ended March 31, 2006;

     3.   The registrant's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
          ended June 30, 2006;

     4.   The registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 4, 2006;

     5.   The  registrant's  Current  Report  on Form 8-K  filed on May 3,  2006
          (under Items 1.01, 2.03 and 9.01);

     6.   The registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2006;

     7.   The  description  of the Common Shares  contained in the  registrant's
          Registration  Statement on Form 8-A,  dated October 22, 1986 (Reg. No.
          0-12938)  and any  amendments  and  reports  filed for the  purpose of
          updating that description; and

     8.   The   description  of  the  Rights   contained  in  the   registrant's
          Registration  Statement  on Form  8-A,  dated  July 8,  2005,  and any
          amendments   or  reports  filed  for  the  purpose  of  updating  that
          description;

other  than the  portions  of such  documents  that,  by  statute  or  rule,  by
designation  in such document or otherwise,  are not deemed to be filed with the
Commission or are not required to be incorporated herein by reference.

     All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c),  14 and 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended (the
"Exchange  Act"),  prior  to the  filing  of a  post-effective  amendment  which
indicates that all securities  offered have been sold or which  deregisters  all
securities  then  remaining  unsold,  shall  be  deemed  to be  incorporated  by
reference in the Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such  documents,  other than the  portions of such  documents  that by
statute,  by  designation  in such document or  otherwise,  are not deemed to be
filed with the  Commission  or are not  required  to be  incorporated  herein by
reference.
Any  statement  contained  in a  document  incorporated  or  deemed  to  be
incorporated  by reference  herein shall be deemed to be modified or  superseded
for  purposes  of this  Registration  Statement  to the extent  that a statement
contained herein or in any other  subsequently filed document that also is or is
deemed to be  incorporated  by  reference  herein  modifies or  supersedes  such
statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,  except
as so  modified  or  superseded,  to  constitute  a part  of  this  Registration
Statement.

Item 8.       Exhibits.

     The exhibits  listed on the  accompanying  Exhibit  Index are  incorporated
herein by reference.
SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of  Elyria,  State of Ohio,  on this 8th day of August,
2006.

                                                   INVACARE CORPORATION

                                                By:/s/ A. Malachi Mixon, III
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                    A. Malachi Mixon, III
                                                    Chairman of the Board
                                                    and Chief Executive Officer
                                                   (Principal Executive Officer)

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities indicated as of August 8, 2006.

Signature                            Title
---------                            -----

/s/ A. Malachi Mixon, III
--------------------------
A. Malachi Mixon, III                Chairman of the Board
                                     and Chief Executive Officer
                                    (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Gregory C. Thompson
--------------------------
Gregory C. Thompson                  Senior Vice President
                                     and Chief Financial Officer
                                    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Gerald B. Blouch
--------------------------
Gerald B. Blouch                     Director

/s/ Joseph B. Richey, II
--------------------------
Joseph B. Richey, II                 Director

--------------------------
James C. Boland                      Director

--------------------------
Michael F. Delaney                   Director

--------------------------
C. Martin Harris, M.D.               Director

/s/ Bernadine P. Healy, M.D.
--------------------------
Bernadine P. Healy, M.D.             Director
/s/ John R. Kasich
--------------------------
John R. Kasich                       Director

/s/ Dan T. Moore, III
--------------------------
Dan T. Moore, III                    Director

/s/ William M. Weber
--------------------------
William M. Weber                     Director
INVACARE CORPORATION
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

   Exhibit                           Exhibit
   Number                          Description
   ------                          -----------

     4.1  Amended and Restated  Articles of Incorporation of the registrant,  as
          last amended on February 2, 1996. (1)
     4.2  Code of Regulations of the Company, as amended on May 22, 1996. (2)
     4.3  Certificate   of  Amendment  to  Amended  and  Restated   Articles  of
          Incorporation, as amended on July 8, 2005. (3)
     4.4  Specimen Share Certificate for Common Shares. (4)
     4.5  Rights Agreement  between the Company and National City Bank, dated as
          of July 8, 2005. (5)
     4.6  Invacare Corporation 2003 Performance Plan, as amended. (6)
     5.1  Opinion of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP. (x)
     23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. (x)
     23.2 Consent of Calfee,  Halter & Griswold LLP  (included in Exhibit 5.1 of
          this Registration Statement).

------------------

     (1)  Incorporated  herein by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the  registrant's
          Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the  fiscal  year ended  December  31,
          2004.
     (2)  Incorporated  herein by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to the  registrant's
          Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the  fiscal  year ended  December  31,
          2004.
     (3)  Incorporated  herein by reference  to Exhibit 3.1 to the  registrant's
          Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 8, 2005.
     (4)  Incorporated  herein by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the  registrant's
          Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the  fiscal  year ended  December  31,
          2005.
     (5)  Incorporated  herein by reference  to Exhibit 4.1 to the  registrant's
          Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 8, 2005.
     (6)  Incorporated  herein by  reference  to Appendix A of the  registrant's
          Definitive  Proxy  Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission
          on April 7, 2006.
     (x)  Filed herewith.
Exhibit 5.1

                   [Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP Letterhead]

                                 August 8, 2006

Invacare Corporation
One Invacare Way
Elyria, Ohio  44035

         Re:      Invacare Corporation 2003 Performance Plan (the "Plan")

     We are  familiar  with the  proceedings  taken and  proposed to be taken by
Invacare  Corporation,  an Ohio  corporation  (the  "Company"),  with respect to
1,800,000 common shares, without par value, of the Company (the "Shares"), to be
offered  and sold from time to time  pursuant  to the Plan.  As counsel  for the
Company, we have assisted in the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form
S-8  (the  "Registration  Statement")  to be  filed  by  the  Company  with  the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  to effect the  registration  of the Shares
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     In this connection, we have examined such documents, records and matters of
law as we have deemed  necessary  or  advisable  for  purposes  of the  opinions
expressed herein,  and based thereon,  we are of the opinion that the Shares are
duly  authorized and, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will
be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

     The opinions  expressed  herein are limited solely to the state laws of the
State of Ohio.

     We hereby  consent  to the filing of this  opinion  as  Exhibit  5.1 to the
Registration  Statement.  We do not admit that we are in the category of persons
whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

                                                   Very truly yours,

                                               /s/ CALFEE, HALTER & GRISWOLD LLP

                                                   CALFEE, HALTER & GRISWOLD LLP
Exhibit 23.1

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8)  pertaining  to the  Invacare  Corporation  2003  Performance  Plan for the
registration of 1,800,000  common shares of our reports dated March 8, 2006 with
respect to the  consolidated  financial  statements  and  schedule  of  Invacare
Corporation and  subsidiaries  included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the
year ended December 31, 2005, Invacare  Corporation  management's  assessment of
the  effectiveness  of  internal  control  over  financial  reporting,  and  the
effectiveness  of  internal   control  over  financial   reporting  of  Invacare
Corporation, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                                            /s/ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Cleveland, Ohio
August 8, 2006