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LOUISVILLE, Ky.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (the aCompanya) (NYSE:KND) today announced that executives will be participating in three upcoming investor conferences.

Benjamin A. Breier, Chief Operating Officer, and Richard A. Lechleiter, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will make a presentation regarding the Company at the J.P. Morgan Global High Yield & Leveraged Finance Conference in Miami, Florida, on Monday, February 27, 2012, at 3:20 p.m. Eastern Time.

While the presentation is not being audio webcast, the Company will post an updated investor presentation on its website at [ http://investors.kindredhealthcare.com ] on the morning of February 27. The presentation will be archived on the website following the conference.

Paul J. Diaz, President and Chief Executive Officer, will take part in a discussion with Frank G. Morgan, CFA, Managing Director, Equity Research: Healthcare Services for RBC Capital Markets, at the RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference in New York City on Tuesday, February 28, 2012, at 4:05 p.m. Eastern Time.

The discussion is being audio webcast at [ http://investors.kindredhealthcare.com ] and at [ http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rbc141/kind ].

Mr. Diaz will make a presentation regarding the Company at the Citi Global Health Care Conference in New York City on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

The presentation is being audio webcast and can be accessed at the Companyas website at [ http://investors.kindredhealthcare.com ] and at [ http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/citigroup/healthcare2012/45308562.cfm ].

Any written materials accompanying the presentations also will be available on Kindredas website at the time of the presentations. The webcasts and any written materials accompanying the presentations will be archived at [ http://investors.kindredhealthcare.com ] after the events.

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 ].