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ADVOCAT ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF SHAREHOLDER VOTE
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Shareholders Support Managements Board Nominees

BRENTWOOD, Tenn., (May 17, 2007) -- Advocat Inc. (NASDAQ: AVCA) today announced official voting results from its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 17, 2007.

The Company reported that Advocat’s Board nominees received approximately 80% of the votes cast for the election of directors at the Company’s Annual Meeting. Accordingly, both directors, William C. O’Neil, Jr. and Robert Z. Hensley, were reelected to the Board of Directors.

Advocat provides long term care services to patients in 42 skilled nursing centers containing 4,405 licensed nursing beds, primarily in the Southeast.