Kindred Healthcare to Present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2011 Health Care Conference

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (the "Company”) (NYSE:KND) today announced that Paul J. Diaz, President and Chief Executive Officer, will make a presentation regarding the Company at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2011 Health Care Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Thursday, May 12, 2011, at 11:10 a.m. Pacific Time / 2:10 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://www.veracast.com/webcasts/baml/healthcare2011/id35335970.cfm.

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-200 private employer in the United States, is a FORTUNE 500 healthcare services company based in Louisville, Kentucky with annual revenues of over $4.3 billion and approximately 56,700 employees in 40 states. At March 31, 2011, Kindred through its subsidiaries provided healthcare services in 706 locations, including 89 long-term acute care hospitals, 224 nursing and rehabilitation centers and a contract rehabilitation services business, Peoplefirst rehabilitation services, which served 393 non-affiliated facilities. Ranked as one of Fortune magazine’s Most Admired Healthcare Companies for three 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