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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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    <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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        <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>Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity
Incentive Plan</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: 65%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Large accelerated filer </B></FONT>[X]</TD>
    <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: 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>
    <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>
    <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 </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>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1,090,787
    (2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.42 (3)</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">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">26,637,018.54</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3,095.22</FONT></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 Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;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 STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Represents shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to stock option awards outstanding under the Plan, which the Registrant assumed on February 2, 2015 pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 9, 2014, by and between the Registrant, Kindred Healthcare Development 2, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant, and Gentiva Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;Merger Agreement&rdquo;), after adjustments to the number of shares and the exercise price of each such option pursuant to the Merger Agreement.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(3)</P></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act
        solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee and based upon the weighted-average exercise price of stock options outstanding
        under the Plan and assumed by the Registrant, after adjustments to the number of shares and the exercise price of each such option
        pursuant to the Merger Agreement.</P></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 Health Services, Inc. (&ldquo;Gentiva&rdquo;). Pursuant to the Merger
Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the &ldquo;Effective Time&rdquo;), each share of common stock of Gentiva issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, subject to certain exceptions, was converted into the right to receive
$14.50 in cash, without interest, and 0.257 shares of Common Stock. In addition, each option to acquire shares of Gentiva common
stock granted pursuant to the Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;) that was that was
an Out-of-the-Money Option (as defined in the Merger Agreement) that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether
or not then vested or exercisable, and each In-the-Money Option (as defined in the Merger Agreement) that was outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time, not vested and which by its terms did not provide for accelerated vesting solely because of a change
in control of Gentiva, was converted into an option to acquire shares of Common Stock, as adjusted to reflect the exchange ratio.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><B>Part I</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 SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The document(s) containing the information specified
in Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents are not being
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) either as part of this Registration Statement
or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</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 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents, which previously
have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(i) The Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (the &ldquo;Annual Report&rdquo;), as filed with the Commission on February
28, 2014.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii) All other reports filed pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), since the end of
the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii) The description of the Common Stock
contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed October 5, 2004.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">All reports and documents filed by the
Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto, which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold
or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference, or contained in this Registration Statement, shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Nothing in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished but not filed with the Commission pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form
8-K.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0in"><B>Item 4. Description of Securities</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0in"><B>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The validity of the Common Stock to be
issued under the Plan will be passed upon by Joseph L. Landenwich, the Registrant&rsquo;s Co-General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.
Mr. Landenwich is a full-time employee of the Registrant and may be eligible to participate in the various employee benefits plans</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">that Kindred offers generally to employees and owns and has
equity and equity-based awards with respect to Common Stock. Mr. Landenwich currently beneficially owns less than 1% of our outstanding
Common Stock.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0in"><B>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors
and Officers</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">As of the date of this filing, Section
145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides in regard to indemnification of directors and officers as follows:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">&sect;145. Indemnification of officers,
directors, employees and agents; insurance.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(a) A corporation shall have power to
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation)
by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith
and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person&rsquo;s conduct was unlawful. The termination
of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent,
shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had reasonable cause to believe that the person&rsquo;s conduct was unlawful.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(b) A corporation shall have power to
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including
attorneys&rsquo; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action
or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court
in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view
of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court
of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(c) To the extent that a present or former
director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding
referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall
be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
therewith.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(d) Any indemnification under subsections
(a) and (b) of this section (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case
upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard
of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who
is a director or officer of the corporation at the time of such determination: (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are
not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated
by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors
so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(e) Expenses (including attorneys&rsquo;
fees) incurred by an officer or director of the corporation in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action,
suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt
of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such
person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section. Such expenses (including attorneys&rsquo;
fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents of the corporation or by persons serving at the request
of the corporation as directors, officers, employees or agents of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(f) The indemnification and advancement
of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders
or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person&rsquo;s official capacity and as to action in another
capacity while holding such office. A right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses arising under a provision of the certificate
of incorporation or a bylaw shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to such provision after the occurrence of the act
or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification
or advancement of expenses is sought, unless the provision in effect at the time of such act or omission explicitly authorizes
such elimination or impairment after such action or omission has occurred.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(g) A corporation shall have power to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any
such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify
such person against such liability under this section.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(h) For purposes of this section, references
to &ldquo;the corporation&rdquo; shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including
any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have
had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall
stand in the same position under this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have
with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(i) For purposes of this section, references
to &ldquo;other enterprises&rdquo; shall include employee benefit plans; references to &ldquo;fines&rdquo; shall include any excise
taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; and references to &ldquo;serving at the request of the corporation&rdquo;
shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with
respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such
person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed
to have acted in a manner &ldquo;not opposed to the best interests of the corporation&rdquo; as referred to in this section.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(j) The indemnification and advancement
of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue
as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors
and administrators of such a person.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(k) The Court of Chancery is hereby vested
with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions for advancement of expenses or indemnification brought under this
section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may
summarily determine a corporation's obligation to advance expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant&rsquo;s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Registrant shall, to the full extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporate Law, as amended from time to time, indemnify all persons whom it may indemnify pursuant thereto, provided that such indemnification
shall be limited to the following persons: (i) officers, directors, agents and employees who, as of September 13, 1999, were employed
by the Registrant or serving as directors of the Registrant, and (ii) agents and employees who were no longer employed by the Corporation
as of September 13, 1999, other than such agents and employees who were officers and directors of the Corporation prior to September
13, 1999. The indemnification provided under the Certificate of Incorporation shall not be deemed exclusive of other rights to
indemnification provided under the Registrant&rsquo;s bylaws or any agreement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant&rsquo;s Amended and Restated
By-Laws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify to the full extent permitted by law any person made or threatened to be made
a party to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that
such person or such person&rsquo;s testator or intestate representative is or was a director, officer or employee of the Registrant
or serves or served at the request of the Registrant or any other enterprise (including any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, trust or employee benefit plan) as a director, officer, member or employee, provided that the indemnification
shall be limited to the (i) officers, directors, agents and employees who as of or after September 13, 1999, were or are employed
by the Registrant or serving as directors of the Registrant and (ii) agents and employees who were no longer employed by the Registrant
as of September 13, 1999, other than such agents and employees who were officers and directors of the Registrant prior to September
13, 1999 (the &ldquo;Indemnified Persons&rdquo;). Expenses, including attorneys&rsquo; fees, incurred by the Indemnified Persons
in defending any such action, suit or proceeding shall be paid or reimbursed by the Registrant promptly upon receipt of an undertaking
of such Indemnified Person to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified
by the Registrant.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The rights to indemnification and the
payment of expenses provided under the Registrant&rsquo;s Amended and Restated By-Laws shall be enforceable against the Registrant
by an Indemnified Person who shall be presumed to have relied upon it in serving or continuing to serve as a director, officer
or employee of the Registrant. Such rights shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification
or payment of expenses may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise,
both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. The right to
indemnification and payment of expenses shall continue after the Indemnified Person has ceased to be a director, officer or employee
of</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">the Registrant, and shall inure to the benefit of such person&rsquo;s
heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The Plan also provides that the Registrant
shall indemnify members of the committee that administers the Plan and any agent of the committee who is an employee of the Registrant,
a subsidiary or an affiliate against any and all liabilities or expenses to which they may be subjected by reason of any act or
failure to act with respect to their duties on behalf of the Plan, except in circumstances involving such person&rsquo;s bad faith
or willful misconduct.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</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">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Kindred Healthcare, Inc.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on August 31, 2001.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Kindred Healthcare, Inc. </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2002.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">4.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Amended and Restated By-Laws of Kindred Healthcare, Inc. </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 23, 2009.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">4.4</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Certificate of Correction, dated as of November 24, 2014</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&rsquo;s
        Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 24, 2014.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">4.5</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, Amended
        and Restated</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Filed herewith</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">4.6</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Amendment No. 1 to the Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity 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>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">4.7</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Amendment No. 2 to the Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity 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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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">4.8</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Amendment No. 3 to the Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 41%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <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>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <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>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <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>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <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 (filed as part of signature pages)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Included on the signature page</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: left"><B>Item 9. Undertakings</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 42.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">(a)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">1.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 1.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: -1.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">i.</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 1.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: -1.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">ii.</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 1.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: -1.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">iii.</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: left">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">2.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">3.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">(b)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the employee benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">(c)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person
of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</FONT><U><BR CLEAR="ALL">
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-align: left"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<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>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <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>
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    <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: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 1in">Each person whose signature appears below
on this Registration Statement hereby constitutes and appoints Stephen D. Farber and Joseph L. Landenwich, and each of them, with
full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (unless revoked in writing) to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments thereto) to this Registration Statement to which this power of
attorney is attached, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as full to all intents and purposes as
he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them,
or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<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">/s/ Paul J. Diaz</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">/s/ Stephen D. Farber</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">/s/ John J. Lucchese</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">/s/ Joel Ackerman</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; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Jonathan D. Blum</P>
        <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; width: 46%"><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">/s/ Thomas P. Cooper, M.D.</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">/s/ Heyward R. Donigan</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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    <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">/s/ Richard Goodman</P>
        <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; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Christopher T. Hjelm</P>
        <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; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Fred J. Kleisner</P>
        <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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    <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">/s/ John H. Short, Ph.D.</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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    <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">/s/ Phyllis R. Yale</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; </TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><U>EXHIBIT INDEX</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 9%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; 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; 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; 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: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Kindred Healthcare, Inc.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on August 31, 2001.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Kindred Healthcare, Inc. </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2002.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">4.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Amended and Restated By-Laws of Kindred Healthcare, Inc. </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 23, 2009.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">4.4</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Certificate of Correction, dated as of November 24, 2014</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 24, 2014.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">4.5</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Filed herewith</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">4.6</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Amendment No. 1 to the Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">4.7</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Amendment No. 2 to the Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">4.8</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Amendment No. 3 to the Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><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: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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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)
Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity
Incentive Plan
(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
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share
1,090,787
    (2)
$
24.42 (3)
$
26,637,018.54
$
3,095.22
(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 Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the "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 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to stock option awards outstanding under the Plan, which the Registrant assumed on February 2, 2015 pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 9, 2014, by and between the Registrant, Kindred Healthcare Development 2, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant, and Gentiva Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Merger Agreement"), after adjustments to the number of shares and the exercise price of each such option pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
(3)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act
        solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee and based upon the weighted-average exercise price of stock options outstanding
        under the Plan and assumed by the Registrant, after adjustments to the number of shares and the exercise price of each such option
        pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
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 Health Services, Inc. ("Gentiva"). Pursuant to the Merger
Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"), each share of common stock of Gentiva issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, subject to certain exceptions, was converted into the right to receive
$14.50 in cash, without interest, and 0.257 shares of Common Stock. In addition, each option to acquire shares of Gentiva common
stock granted pursuant to the Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") that was that was
an Out-of-the-Money Option (as defined in the Merger Agreement) that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether
or not then vested or exercisable, and each In-the-Money Option (as defined in the Merger Agreement) that was outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time, not vested and which by its terms did not provide for accelerated vesting solely because of a change
in control of Gentiva, was converted into an option to acquire shares of Common Stock, as adjusted to reflect the exchange ratio.
Part I
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
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The document(s) containing the information specified
in Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents are not being
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement
or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which previously
have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
(i) The Registrant's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (the "Annual Report"), as filed with the Commission on February
28, 2014.
(ii) All other reports filed pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since the end of
the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report; and
(iii) The description of the Common Stock
contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed October 5, 2004.
All reports and documents filed by the
Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto, which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold
or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference, or contained in this Registration Statement, shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Nothing in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished but not filed with the Commission pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form
8-K.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel
The validity of the Common Stock to be
issued under the Plan will be passed upon by Joseph L. Landenwich, the Registrant's Co-General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.
Mr. Landenwich is a full-time employee of the Registrant and may be eligible to participate in the various employee benefits plans
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that Kindred offers generally to employees and owns and has
equity and equity-based awards with respect to Common Stock. Mr. Landenwich currently beneficially owns less than 1% of our outstanding
Common Stock.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors
and Officers
As of the date of this filing, Section
145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides in regard to indemnification of directors and officers as follows:
§145. Indemnification of officers,
directors, employees and agents; insurance.
(a) A corporation shall have power to
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation)
by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith
and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful. The termination
of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent,
shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had reasonable cause to believe that the person's conduct was unlawful.
(b) A corporation shall have power to
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action
or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court
in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view
of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court
of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
(c) To the extent that a present or former
director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding
referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall
be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
therewith.
(d) Any indemnification under subsections
(a) and (b) of this section (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case
upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the
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circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard
of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who
is a director or officer of the corporation at the time of such determination: (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are
not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated
by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors
so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders.
(e) Expenses (including attorneys'
fees) incurred by an officer or director of the corporation in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action,
suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt
of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such
person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section. Such expenses (including attorneys'
fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents of the corporation or by persons serving at the request
of the corporation as directors, officers, employees or agents of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.
(f) The indemnification and advancement
of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders
or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as to action in another
capacity while holding such office. A right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses arising under a provision of the certificate
of incorporation or a bylaw shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to such provision after the occurrence of the act
or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification
or advancement of expenses is sought, unless the provision in effect at the time of such act or omission explicitly authorizes
such elimination or impairment after such action or omission has occurred.
(g) A corporation shall have power to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any
such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify
such person against such liability under this section.
(h) For purposes of this section, references
to "the corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including
any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have
had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall
stand in the same position under this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have
with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(i) For purposes of this section, references
to "other enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any excise
taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the corporation"
shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves
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services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with
respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such
person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed
to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as referred to in this section.
(j) The indemnification and advancement
of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue
as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors
and administrators of such a person.
(k) The Court of Chancery is hereby vested
with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions for advancement of expenses or indemnification brought under this
section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may
summarily determine a corporation's obligation to advance expenses (including attorneys' fees).
The Registrant's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Registrant shall, to the full extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporate Law, as amended from time to time, indemnify all persons whom it may indemnify pursuant thereto, provided that such indemnification
shall be limited to the following persons: (i) officers, directors, agents and employees who, as of September 13, 1999, were employed
by the Registrant or serving as directors of the Registrant, and (ii) agents and employees who were no longer employed by the Corporation
as of September 13, 1999, other than such agents and employees who were officers and directors of the Corporation prior to September
13, 1999. The indemnification provided under the Certificate of Incorporation shall not be deemed exclusive of other rights to
indemnification provided under the Registrant's bylaws or any agreement.
The Registrant's Amended and Restated
By-Laws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify to the full extent permitted by law any person made or threatened to be made
a party to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that
such person or such person's testator or intestate representative is or was a director, officer or employee of the Registrant
or serves or served at the request of the Registrant or any other enterprise (including any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, trust or employee benefit plan) as a director, officer, member or employee, provided that the indemnification
shall be limited to the (i) officers, directors, agents and employees who as of or after September 13, 1999, were or are employed
by the Registrant or serving as directors of the Registrant and (ii) agents and employees who were no longer employed by the Registrant
as of September 13, 1999, other than such agents and employees who were officers and directors of the Registrant prior to September
13, 1999 (the "Indemnified Persons"). Expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred by the Indemnified Persons
in defending any such action, suit or proceeding shall be paid or reimbursed by the Registrant promptly upon receipt of an undertaking
of such Indemnified Person to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified
by the Registrant.
The rights to indemnification and the
payment of expenses provided under the Registrant's Amended and Restated By-Laws shall be enforceable against the Registrant
by an Indemnified Person who shall be presumed to have relied upon it in serving or continuing to serve as a director, officer
or employee of the Registrant. Such rights shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification
or payment of expenses may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise,
both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. The right to
indemnification and payment of expenses shall continue after the Indemnified Person has ceased to be a director, officer or employee
of
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the Registrant, and shall inure to the benefit of such person's
heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives.
The Plan also provides that the Registrant
shall indemnify members of the committee that administers the Plan and any agent of the committee who is an employee of the Registrant,
a subsidiary or an affiliate against any and all liabilities or expenses to which they may be subjected by reason of any act or
failure to act with respect to their duties on behalf of the Plan, except in circumstances involving such person's bad faith
or willful misconduct.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on August 31, 2001.
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2002.
4.3
Amended and Restated By-Laws of Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 23, 2009.
4.4
Certificate of Correction, dated as of November 24, 2014
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's
        Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 24, 2014.
4.5
Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, Amended
        and Restated
Filed herewith
4.6
Amendment No. 1 to the Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated
Filed herewith
4.7
Amendment No. 2 to the Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated
Filed herewith
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4.8
Amendment No. 3 to the Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity 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
24
Power of Attorney (filed as part of signature pages)
Included on the signature page
8
Item 9. Undertakings
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
1.
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
i.
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
ii.
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
iii.
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
2.
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3.
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person
of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below
on this Registration Statement hereby constitutes and appoints Stephen D. Farber and Joseph L. Landenwich, and each of them, with
full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (unless revoked in writing) to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments thereto) to this Registration Statement to which this power of
attorney is attached, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as full to all intents and purposes as
he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them,
or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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
/s/ Paul J. Diaz
Paul J. Diaz
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Stephen D. Farber
Stephen D. Farber
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ John J. Lucchese
John J. Lucchese
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Joel Ackerman
Joel Ackerman
Director
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/s/ Jonathan D. Blum
Jonathan D. Blum
Director
/s/ Thomas P. Cooper, M.D.
Thomas P. Cooper, M.D.
Director
/s/ Heyward R. Donigan
Heyward R. Donigan
Director
/s/ Richard Goodman
Richard Goodman
Director
/s/ Christopher T. Hjelm
Christopher T. Hjelm
Director
/s/ Fred J. Kleisner
Fred J. Kleisner
Director
/s/ John H. Short, Ph.D.
John H. Short, Ph.D.
Director
/s/ Phyllis R. Yale
Phyllis R. Yale
Chair of the Board
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on August 31, 2001.
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2002.
4.3
Amended and Restated By-Laws of Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 23, 2009.
4.4
Certificate of Correction, dated as of November 24, 2014
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 24, 2014.
4.5
Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated
Filed herewith
4.6
Amendment No. 1 to the Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated
Filed herewith
4.7
Amendment No. 2 to the Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated
Filed herewith
4.8
Amendment No. 3 to the Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 2004 Equity 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
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23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Filed herewith
23.2
Consent of Joseph L. Landenwich
Included in Exhibit 5.1
24
Power of Attorney (filed as part of signature pages)
Included on the signature page
13