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LOUISVILLE, Ky.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (the aCompanya) (NYSE:KND) today announced that Benjamin A. Breier, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Richard A. Lechleiter, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will make a presentation regarding the Company at the Jefferies 2012 Global Healthcare Conference in New York City on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at 3:00 p.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://wsw.com/webcast/jeff68/knd ].

Any written materials accompanying the presentation also will be available on Kindredas 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-125 private employer in the United States, is a FORTUNE 500 healthcare services company based in Louisville, Kentucky with annual revenues of $6 billion and approximately 76,000 employees in 46 states. At March 31, 2012, Kindred through its subsidiaries provided healthcare services in 2,142 locations, including 120 long-term acute care hospitals, six inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, 224 nursing and rehabilitation centers, 26 sub-acute units, 52 hospice and home care locations, 100 inpatient rehabilitation units (hospital-based) and a contract rehabilitation services business, RehabCare, which served 1,614 non-affiliated facilities. Ranked as one of Fortune magazineas Most Admired Healthcare Companies for four 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 ].