Kindred’s Fourth Quarter Conference Call Scheduled for February 26

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 28, 2016 -- Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (“Kindred” or the “Company”) (NYSE:KND) today announced that it will provide an online, real-time webcast of its conference call covering fourth quarter and year-end 2015 operating results on Friday, February 26, 2016. The Company will issue its fourth quarter and year-end 2015 earnings release after the close of trading on Thursday, February 25, 2016.

The live broadcast of the Company’s quarterly conference call will be available online at the Company’s website, http://investors.kindredhealthcare.com, on February 26, 2016, beginning at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time). The online replay will be available on the Company’s website at approximately 1:00 p.m. and continue for 30 days.

About Kindred Healthcare

Kindred Healthcare, Inc., a top-95 private employer in the United States, is a FORTUNE 500 healthcare services company based in Louisville, Kentucky with annual revenues of approximately $7.2 billion⁽¹⁾. At September 30, 2015, Kindred through its subsidiaries had approximately 102,200 employees providing healthcare services in 2,723 locations in 47 states, including 95 transitional care hospitals, 18 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, 90 nursing centers, 20 sub-acute units, 626 Kindred at Home home health, hospice and non-medical home care sites of service, 101 inpatient rehabilitation units (hospital-based) and a contract rehabilitation services business, RehabCare, which served 1,773 non-affiliated sites of service. Ranked as one of Fortune magazine’s Most Admired Healthcare Companies for six years, 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.

                    
(1)     Revenues were computed by combining the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 data for Kindred, Gentiva Health Services, Inc., which was acquired by the Company on February 2, 2015, and Centerre Healthcare Corporation, which was acquired by the Company on January 1, 2015.

Contact:	Susan E. Moss 
Investor Relations  
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