Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                             June 26, 2006

                     Almost Family Announces Acquisition of
                   Baptist Home Health in CON State of Alabama

Louisville, KY - Almost Family, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFAM) today announced that it has
acquired the assets and business operations of Baptist Home Health Care a
Birmingham-based home health agency affiliated with the Baptist Health Care
System of Alabama.

William B. Yarmuth, Chairman and CEO, commented on the announcement: "We are
extremely happy to announce this acquisition expanding our Visiting Nurse
presence into the CON state of Alabama. We are excited to bring Caretenders'
special brand of Medicare-certified home health services to Birmingham. We are
even more excited about the opportunity to continue working with the Baptist
Health System in developing the full potential of home health care services in
the market place. Working with them, we will build upon the existing foundation
of high quality caregivers and the strong tradition of commitment to patients
with our breadth of specialty programs and all the expertise we have accumulated
throughout our 31 locations and 25+ years of Medicare home health operating
experience."

Mark Bryan, Baptist Health System COO, said "We are pleased with this
transaction and were very selective in choosing a nationally recognized home
health provider with a long track record of high quality service to patients. In
doing so, we are ensuring that our patients and our home health employees will
be in good hands."

Almost Family noted that this is its sixth home health agency acquisition in the
last 18 months and that it will continue to seek attractive home health agency
acquisition candidates. The acquired agency generated approximately $1.7 million
in Medicare revenue in the last twelve months. It is not expected to have a
material effect on Almost Family's results of operations in 2006. Terms of the
transaction were not disclosed.

Almost Family,  Inc. is a leading regional  provider of home health services.
The Company has 57 service locations in Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Alabama and Indiana.

Contact: William Yarmuth or Steve Guenthner (502) 891-1000.

All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this news
release, including the objectives and expectations of management for future


operating results, the Company's ability to accelerate growth in its home health
operations, the Company's ability to generate VN revenue growth, the Company's
ability to acquire visiting nurse agencies at prices it is willing to pay, the
Company's ability to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of its sales and
marketing efforts, the Company's ability to attract investment of additional
capital, the Company's ability to generate positive cash flows, and the
Company's expectations with regard to market conditions, are forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current
expectations. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed or
implied in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no
assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.

Because forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, the
Company's actual results could differ materially. The potential risks and
uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially could
include: regulatory approvals or third party consents may not be obtained, the
impact of further changes in healthcare reimbursement systems, including the
ultimate outcome of potential changes to Medicaid reimbursement due to state
budget shortfalls; the ability of the Company to maintain its level of operating
performance and achieve its cost control objectives; government regulation;
health care reform; pricing pressures from Medicare, Medicaid and other
third-party payers; changes in laws and interpretations of laws relating to the
healthcare industry, and the Company's self-insurance risks. For a more complete
discussion regarding these and other factors which could affect the Company's
financial performance, refer to the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission
filing on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, in particular
information under the headings "Special Caution Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements" and "Risk Factors." The Company disclaims any intent or obligation
to update its forward-looking statements.