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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 2.25pt double"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.5pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7pt"> February 2, 2015</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 13pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 13.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center">FORM S-8</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">UNDER</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 13pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">KINDRED HEALTHCARE, INC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in">(Exact Name of
Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 36%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>8050 </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>61-1323993</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 7.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Primary Standard Industrial </B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 7.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center"><B>Classification Code Number)</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 7.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center">680 South Fourth Street<BR>
Louisville, KY 40202-2412</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(502) 596-7300</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt">(Address, including
Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant&rsquo;s Principal Executive Offices)</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">
</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Kindred Healthcare, Inc. 2011 Stock Incentive
Plan, Amended and Restated</B><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 7pt">(Full Title of the Plan)</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Joseph L. Landenwich, Esq.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Co-General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Kindred Healthcare, Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">680 South Fourth Street</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Louisville, KY 40202-2412</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(502) 596-7300</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Agent for Service)</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 8.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 8.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">with copies to:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Michael Albano, Esq.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen &amp; Hamilton</P>
        <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">One Liberty Plaza</P>
        <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">New York, NY 10006</P>
        <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(212) 225-2000</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 8pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6.4pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6.4pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6.4pt"><B>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is
a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
&ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 35%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Accelerated filer </B></FONT>[_]</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Non-accelerated filer </B></FONT>[_]<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Smaller reporting company </B></FONT>[_]</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>Calculation of Registration Fee </B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 41%; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 14%; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 13%; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 7.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 7.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt"><B>Amount to be</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt"><B>Registered(1)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 7.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt"><B>Proposed</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt"><B>Maximum</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt"><B>Offering Price</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt"><B>Per Share (3) </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 7.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt"><B>Proposed</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt"><B>Maximum</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt"><B>Aggregate&nbsp;Offering</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt"><B>Price </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 7.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt"><B>Amount of</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt"><B>Registration&nbsp;Fee</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1,414,132
    (2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;18.78&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">26,557,398.96</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">3,085.97</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
        (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
        (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) common stock, par value $0.25 per share (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;) that become issuable under
        the Kindred Healthcare, Inc. 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated (the &ldquo;Stock Incentive Plan&rdquo;) by reason
        of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction affected without the receipt of consideration
        that increases the number of the registrant&rsquo;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Represents share of Common Stock available for future issuance under
        the Stock Incentive Plan, all of which were assumed by the Registrant on February 2, 2015 in connection with the Agreement and
        Plan of Merger, dated as of October 9, 2014, by and among the Registrant, Kindred Health Development 2, Inc. and Gentiva Health
        Services, Inc.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock of the Registrant as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on January 30, 2015.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 25.9pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On February 2, 2015, Gentiva Health Services,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (&ldquo;Gentiva&rdquo;) merged with and into Kindred Healthcare Development 2, a Delaware corporation
and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant (&ldquo;Merger Sub&rdquo;) pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the &ldquo;Merger
Agreement&rdquo;), dated October 9, 2014, by and between Kindred Healthcare, Inc., a Delaware corporation (&ldquo;Kindred&rdquo;
or the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;), Merger Sub and Gentiva. As of the effective time of the merger (the &ldquo;Effective Time&rdquo;),
each unallocated share of Gentiva common stock available for issuance under the Gentiva 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (amended and
restated) (the &ldquo;Gentiva Plan&rdquo;) has been assumed by the Registrant and will be available for future issuance under the
Company 2011 Stock Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Stock Incentive Plan&rdquo;) in satisfaction of the vesting, exercise or other settlement
of options and other equity awards that may be granted by Kindred following the Effective Time (after conversion of such shares
and appropriate adjustment to reflect the transaction) in reliance on the prior approval of the Gentiva Plan by the stockholders
of Gentiva; provided that, in accordance with the New York Stock Exchange Company Listed Manual and interpretative guidance thereunder,
including, without limitation, Rule 303A.08, (A) the time during which such shares will be available for grants under the Stock
Incentive Plan will not be extended beyond the period when they would have been available under the Gentiva Plan, absent the merger,
and (B) such options and other equity awards may not be granted to individuals who were employed by or providing services to the
Registrant and its subsidiaries (exclusive of Gentiva) prior to the Effective Time.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The additional shares of Common Stock to be
registered by this Registration Statement are of the same class as those securities covered by the Registrant&rsquo;s previously
filed Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on May 31, 2011 (Registration No. 333-174615) with respect to the Stock Incentive
Plan (the &ldquo;Prior Registration Statement&rdquo;). This Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been prepared and</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">filed pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of General
Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose of effecting the registration under the Securities Act of an additional 1,414,132 shares
of Common Stock issuable pursuant to awards to be granted under the Stock Incentive Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E to
Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement, made in connection with the Stock Incentive Plan, including the periodic
reports that the Registrant filed after the Prior Registration Statement to maintain current information about the Registrant,
are incorporated herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><B>Part II</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 8. Exhibits.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><U>Description</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 41%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><U>Method of Filing</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">The Kindred Healthcare, Inc. 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Opinion of Joseph L. Landenwich as to the validity of the securities being registered</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Consent of Joseph L. Landenwich </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Included in Exhibit 5.1</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">24</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Power of Attorney </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 previously filed on July 31, 2014.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">(a)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 1in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
the City of Louisville, Kentucky, on the  2nd day of February, 2015.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="5"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">KINDRED HEALTHCARE, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">
</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0.75pt; margin-left: 0; border-bottom: black 0pt solid"><U>/s/
        Joseph L. Landewich&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0.75pt; margin-left: 0; border-bottom: black 0pt solid">Joseph
        L. Landewich</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0.75pt; margin-left: 0; border-bottom: black 0pt solid">Co-General
        Counsel and Corporate Secretary</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 1in">Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by each of the following persons in the capacities indicated, on
the  2nd day of February, 2015.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 46%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B><U>Title</U></B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">*</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>Paul J. Diaz</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Chief Executive Officer and Director</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">*</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>Stephen D. Farber</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">*</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>John J. Lucchese</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">(Principal Accounting Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">*</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>Joel Ackerman</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>Jonathan D. Blum</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">*</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>Thomas P. Cooper, M.D.</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">*</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>Heyward R. Donigan</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>Richard Goodman</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>Christopher T. Hjelm</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>Fred J. Kleisner</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">*</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>John H. Short, Ph.D.</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">*</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>Phyllis R. Yale</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Chair of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center">&nbsp; * &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The undersigned does hereby sign this Form S-8 Registration Statement on behalf of the above indicated director or officer of Kindred Healthcare, Inc. pursuant to a power of attorney executed by such director or officer. &nbsp; By: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Joseph L. Landenwich Title: Co-General Counsel and Corporate Secretary &nbsp; &nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 9%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: underline"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><U>Exhibit No.</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: underline"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><U>Description</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 35%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: underline"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><U>Method of Filing</U></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">The Kindred Healthcare, Inc. 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Opinion of Joseph L. Landenwich as to the validity of the securities being registered</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Consent of Joseph L. Landenwich </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Included in Exhibit 5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">24</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Power of Attorney </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 previously filed on July 31, 2014.</FONT></TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 2, 2015
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
KINDRED HEALTHCARE, INC.
(Exact Name of
Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
8050
61-1323993
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
680 South Fourth Street
Louisville, KY 40202-2412
(502) 596-7300
(Address, including
Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. 2011 Stock Incentive
Plan, Amended and Restated
(Full Title of the Plan)
Joseph L. Landenwich, Esq.
Co-General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
680 South Fourth Street
Louisville, KY 40202-2412
(502) 596-7300
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Agent for Service)
with copies to:
Michael Albano, Esq.
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
One Liberty Plaza
New York, NY 10006
(212) 225-2000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is
a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
"large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act
Large accelerated filer
[X]
Accelerated filer
[_]
Non-accelerated filer
[_]
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
[_]
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (3)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share
1,414,132
    (2)
$
18.78
$
26,557,398.96
$
3,085.97
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
        (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
        (the "Registrant") common stock, par value $0.25 per share (the "Common Stock") that become issuable under
        the Kindred Healthcare, Inc. 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated (the "Stock Incentive Plan") by reason
        of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction affected without the receipt of consideration
        that increases the number of the registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Represents share of Common Stock available for future issuance under
        the Stock Incentive Plan, all of which were assumed by the Registrant on February 2, 2015 in connection with the Agreement and
        Plan of Merger, dated as of October 9, 2014, by and among the Registrant, Kindred Health Development 2, Inc. and Gentiva Health
        Services, Inc.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock of the Registrant as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on January 30, 2015.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On February 2, 2015, Gentiva Health Services,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Gentiva") merged with and into Kindred Healthcare Development 2, a Delaware corporation
and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant ("Merger Sub") pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger
Agreement"), dated October 9, 2014, by and between Kindred Healthcare, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Kindred"
or the "Registrant"), Merger Sub and Gentiva. As of the effective time of the merger (the "Effective Time"),
each unallocated share of Gentiva common stock available for issuance under the Gentiva 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (amended and
restated) (the "Gentiva Plan") has been assumed by the Registrant and will be available for future issuance under the
Company 2011 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Stock Incentive Plan") in satisfaction of the vesting, exercise or other settlement
of options and other equity awards that may be granted by Kindred following the Effective Time (after conversion of such shares
and appropriate adjustment to reflect the transaction) in reliance on the prior approval of the Gentiva Plan by the stockholders
of Gentiva; provided that, in accordance with the New York Stock Exchange Company Listed Manual and interpretative guidance thereunder,
including, without limitation, Rule 303A.08, (A) the time during which such shares will be available for grants under the Stock
Incentive Plan will not be extended beyond the period when they would have been available under the Gentiva Plan, absent the merger,
and (B) such options and other equity awards may not be granted to individuals who were employed by or providing services to the
Registrant and its subsidiaries (exclusive of Gentiva) prior to the Effective Time.
The additional shares of Common Stock to be
registered by this Registration Statement are of the same class as those securities covered by the Registrant's previously
filed Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on May 31, 2011 (Registration No. 333-174615) with respect to the Stock Incentive
Plan (the "Prior Registration Statement"). This Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been prepared and
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filed pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of General
Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose of effecting the registration under the Securities Act of an additional 1,414,132 shares
of Common Stock issuable pursuant to awards to be granted under the Stock Incentive Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E to
Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement, made in connection with the Stock Incentive Plan, including the periodic
reports that the Registrant filed after the Prior Registration Statement to maintain current information about the Registrant,
are incorporated herein by reference.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):
Exhibit No.
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
The Kindred Healthcare, Inc. 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated
Filed herewith
5.1
Opinion of Joseph L. Landenwich as to the validity of the securities being registered
Filed herewith
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Filed herewith
23.2
Consent of Joseph L. Landenwich
Included in Exhibit 5.1
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Power of Attorney
Contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 previously filed on July 31, 2014.
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(a)
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
the City of Louisville, Kentucky, on the  2nd day of February, 2015.
KINDRED HEALTHCARE, INC.
By:
/s/
        Joseph L. Landewich
Name:
Joseph
        L. Landewich
Title:
Co-General
        Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by each of the following persons in the capacities indicated, on
the  2nd day of February, 2015.
Signature
Title
*
Paul J. Diaz
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
*
Stephen D. Farber
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
*
John J. Lucchese
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
*
Joel Ackerman
Director
*
Jonathan D. Blum
Director
*
Thomas P. Cooper, M.D.
Director
*
Heyward R. Donigan
Director
*
Richard Goodman
Director
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*
Christopher T. Hjelm
Director
*
Fred J. Kleisner
Director
*
John H. Short, Ph.D.
Director
*
Phyllis R. Yale
Chair of the Board
*          The undersigned does hereby sign this Form S-8 Registration Statement on behalf of the above indicated director or officer of Kindred Healthcare, Inc. pursuant to a power of attorney executed by such director or officer.   By:    Joseph L. Landenwich Title: Co-General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
The Kindred Healthcare, Inc. 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated
Filed herewith
5.1
Opinion of Joseph L. Landenwich as to the validity of the securities being registered
Filed herewith
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Filed herewith
23.2
Consent of Joseph L. Landenwich
Included in Exhibit 5.1
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Power of Attorney
Contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 previously filed on July 31, 2014.
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