Summary of SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

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On November 23, 2009, the board of directors (the "Board") of Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), announced the appointment of Linda M. Rosenstock, M.D., M.P.H., age 59, to the Board as a Class II director and as a member of the Corporate Governance, Quality and Compliance Committee of the Board, effective as of November 18, 2009. In connection with Dr. Rosenstock's appointment to the Board, the Board increased the total number of directors from eight to nine. Dr. Rosenstock will hold office until the 2012 annual meeting of stockholders (and until her successor is duly elected and qualified). The Board has affirmatively determined that Dr. Rosenstock is "independent" after applying the Company's categorical standards contained in its Corporate Governance Guidelines.

In connection with Dr. Rosenstock's appointment to the Board, Dr. Rosenstock received a grant of 8,125 shares of restricted stock, which will fully vest on the first anniversary of the grant. Dr. Rosenstock will also receive an annual retainer of $40,000 and is eligible to receive fees for Board meeting attendance of $1,500 for each meeting attended in person and $500 for each meeting attended by teleconference (or $1,500 if the teleconference meeting lasts more than two hours).

There is currently no arrangement or understanding between Dr. Rosenstock and any other persons pursuant to which Dr. Rosenstock was selected to serve as a director of the Company and Dr. Rosenstock is not a party to any transaction that would be required to be disclosed by the Company pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Since November 2000, Dr. Rosenstock has served as Dean of the University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health and Associate Dean of the UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Rosenstock has also served as a Professor of Environmental Health Services in the School of Public Health and a Professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine at UCLA since November 2000. Prior to joining UCLA, Dr. Rosenstock served as the director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health from April 1994 to November 2000.

On November 23, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Dr. Rosenstock to the Board. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.