Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE:KND) today announced that Paul J. Diaz, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Richard A. Lechleiter, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will make a presentation regarding the Company at the 30th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time / 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

The presentation is being audio webcast and can be accessed at the Company's website at http://investors.kindredhealthcare.com and at http://jpmorgan.metameetings.com/webcasts/healthcare12/directlink?ticker=KND.

Any written materials accompanying the presentation also will be available on Kindred's website at the time of the presentation. The webcast and any written materials accompanying the presentation will be archived at http://investors.kindredhealthcare.com after the event.

About Kindred Healthcare

Kindred Healthcare, Inc., a top-150 private employer in the United States, is a healthcare services company based in Louisville, Kentucky with annual revenues of $6 billion and approximately 76,900 employees in 46 states. At September 30, 2011, Kindred through its subsidiaries provided healthcare services in over 2,250 locations, including 120 long-term acute care hospitals, five inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, 224 nursing and rehabilitation centers, 23 sub-acute units, 47 hospice and home care locations, 102 inpatient rehabilitation units (hospital-based) and a contract rehabilitation services business, RehabCare, which served approximately 1,740 non-affiliated facilities. Ranked as one of Fortune magazine's Most Admired Healthcare Companies for three years in a row, Kindred's mission is to promote healing, provide hope, preserve dignity and produce value for each patient, resident, family member, customer, employee and shareholder we serve. For more information, go to www.kindredhealthcare.com.

Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
Susan E. Moss
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