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Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 OMB APPROVAL
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1.  Name and Address of Reporting Person* Troubh      Raymond	2.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Gentiva Health Services, Inc.   (GTIV)						6.  Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer                      (Check all applicable) _X__   Director                              ___ 10% Owner _   __  Officer (give title below)     ___Other (specify below) _                                                                           __
(Last)     (First)     (Middle) 110 Rockefeller Plaza   Rm 712	3. I.R.S. Identification     Number of Reporting     Person, if an entity     (voluntary)			4.  Statement for Month/Day/Year January 2, 2003
(Street) New York, New York   10020				5.  If Amendment, Date of  Original (Month/Year)			7.  Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X__ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)     (State)     (Zip)	Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.  Title of Security    (Instr. 3)	2.  Transaction Date (Month/ Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/ Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code    (Instr. 8)		4. Securities  Acquired  (A)     or Disposed of (D)     (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5.  Amount of Securities     Beneficially Owned     at End of Month     (Instr. 3 and 4)	6.  Ownership    Form: Direct    (D) or     Indirect (I)     (Instr. 4)	7.  Nature of    Indirect    Beneficial    Ownership    (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1.Title of    Derivative    Security    (Instr.3)

2.Conversion or  Exercise Price of  Derivative Security

3. Transac-tion Date (Month/ Day/Year)

3A.  Deemed  Execution  Date, if  any  (Month/  Day/Year)

4.Transaction Code    (Instr. 8)

5.Number of Derivative    Securities Acquired    (A) or Disposed of (D)    (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6.Date Exerciseable    and Expiration  Date   (Month/Day/Year)

7.Title and  Amount of    Underlying Securities    (Instr. 3 and 4)

8.Price of    Derivative    Security    (Instr. 5)

9.Number  of    Derivative    Securities     Beneficially     Owned at     End of Month     (Instr. 4)

10.Ownership      Form of      Derivative      Securities      Beneficially      Owned at      End of Month      (Instr. 4)

11.Nature  of      Indirect      Beneficial      Ownership      (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock option

8.74

1/02/03

A

7,500

1/02/04

1/02/13

Common stock

7,500

34,345

D

		/s/ John T. Price, Attorney-in-fact                  **Signature of Reporting Person	January  22, 2003                              Date
Reminder:	Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note:	File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure

EX-99.16 PWR OF ATTY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

            KNOW BY ALL THESE PRESENT, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Phillip A. Bradley and John T. Price his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1)   Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

2)   Do and perform any and all acts for on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

3)    Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing, which in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his/her discretion.

            The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his/her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

            This Power of Attorney dated as of today, shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issues by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed.

Date:  December 23, 2002 /s/  Raymond S. Troubh