Kindred Healthcare To Present At The Bear Stearns 20TH Annual Healthcare Conference

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: KND) today announced that Richard A. Lechleiter, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will make a presentation regarding the Company at the Bear Stearns 20th Annual Healthcare Conference in New York City on Monday, September 10, 2007, at 8 a.m. Eastern Time.

The presentation is being audio webcast and can be accessed at the Company’s website at www.kindredhealthcare.com and at http://cc.talkpoint.com/BEAR002/091007a_sc/?entity=kindred.

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 www.kindredhealthcare.com after the event.