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Kindred Healthcare to Present at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

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^{Published in Health and Fitness on Tuesday, January 6th 2009 at 14:33 GMT, Last Modified on 2009-01-06 14:34:09 by Market Wire}  

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--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 27th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at 3 p.m. Pacific Time / 6 p.m. Eastern Time.

The presentation is being audio webcast and can be accessed at the Company's website at [ www.kindredhealthcare.com ] and at [ http://metameetings.com/webcasts/jpmorgan/healthcare09/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 [ www.kindredhealthcare.com ] after the event.

About Kindred Healthcare

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. is a healthcare services company, based in Louisville, Kentucky, with annual revenues of over $4 billion and approximately 54,300 employees in 40 states. At September 30, 2008, Kindred through its subsidiaries provided healthcare services in 658 locations, including 82 long-term acute care hospitals, 228 skilled nursing centers and a contract rehabilitation services business, Peoplefirst rehabilitation services, which served 348 non-affiliated facilities. 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 ].