FURNISHED (BUT NOT FILED) AS AN ADDITIONAL EXHIBIT TO THE PERIODIC REPORT
IDENTIFIED IN THE CERTIFICATION.


                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of Gentiva Health Services, Inc.
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 29, 2003 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
John R. Potapchuk, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

     (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.


   Date:  August 7, 2003                             /s/ John R. Potapchuk
                                                     ---------------------
                                                     John R. Potapchuk
                                                     Chief Financial Officer


A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.