ADVOCAT TO PRESENT AT THE 2008 UBS GLOBAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES CONFERENCE

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- (January 29, 2008) -- Advocat Inc. (NASDAQ: AVCA) today announced that William R. Council III, the Company’s CEO, will present at the 2008 UBS Global Healthcare Services Conference to be held in New York City at the Grand Hyatt on February 11^th-13^th. Through a comprehensive three-day agenda, the conference allows attendees to interact with top executives, consultants, operators and professionals in the fields of acute care, alternate site, distribution, healthcare REITs, information technology, laboratory services, long-term care, managed care, pharmaceutical services, staffing and others. Mr. Council’s presentation is scheduled for February 12^th at 2:00pm ET (1:00 pm CT).

Management will discuss the company's market position and growth strategy followed by a breakout session. A live webcast of the conference presentation also will be available. To access the webcast, investors should visit Advocat’s web site: http://www.irinfo.com/avc. For those unable to access the live webcast, a replay will be available until March 14, 2008 by accessing the web address listed above. The conference website is located at http://ubs.com/globalhealthcareservicesconfnyc.

Advocat provides long term care services to patients in 49 skilled nursing centers containing 5,671 licensed nursing beds, primarily in the Southeast and Southwest.

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