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LOUISVILLE, Ky.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (the aCompanya) (NYSE:KND) announced today that it will provide an online, real-time webcast of its conference call covering fourth quarter and year-end 2011 operating results on Friday, February 24, 2012. The Company will issue its fourth quarter and year-end 2011 earnings release after the close of trading on Thursday, February 23, 2012.

The live broadcast of the Companyas quarterly conference call will be available online at [ www.earnings.com ] and at the Companyas website, [ http://investors.kindredhealthcare.com ], on February 24, 2012, beginning at 11:00 a.m. (Eastern Time). The online replay will be available on the websites [ www.earnings.com ] and [ http://investors.kindredhealthcare.com ] at approximately 2:00 p.m. and continue for 30 days.

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 homecare 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 magazineas Most Admired Healthcare Companies for three years in a row, Kindredas 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 ].