Kindred Healthcare, Inc. ("Kindred" or the "Company") (NYSE:KND) today announced that Paul J. Diaz, Chief Executive Officer, will make a presentation regarding the Company at the 32nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 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/healthcare14/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 FORTUNE 500 healthcare services company based in Louisville, Kentucky with annual revenues of approximately $5 billion and approximately 62,000 employees in 46 states. At September 30, 2013, Kindred through its subsidiaries provided healthcare services in 2,146 locations, including 102 transitional care hospitals, five inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, 102 nursing centers, 21 sub-acute units, 105 Kindred at Home hospice, home health and non-medical home care locations, 99 inpatient rehabilitation units (hospital-based) and a contract rehabilitation services business, RehabCare, which served 1,712 non-affiliated facilities. Ranked as one of Fortune magazine's Most Admired Healthcare Companies for five 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. You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

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