EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION (“Company”) hereby appoints EDWARD L. HUTTON, KEVIN J. MCNAMARA and NAOMI C. DALLOB as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact for the purpose of signing the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and all amendments thereto, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of such attorneys-in-fact is appointed with full power to act without the other.

Dated: February 19, 2009
	/s/ Joel F. Gemunder
	Joel F. Gemunder

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION (“Company”) hereby appoints EDWARD L. HUTTON, KEVIN J. MCNAMARA and NAOMI C. DALLOB as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact for the purpose of signing the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and all amendments thereto, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of such attorneys-in-fact is appointed with full power to act without the other.

Dated: February 19, 2009
	/s/ Patrick P. Grace
	Patrick P. Grace

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION (“Company”) hereby appoints EDWARD L. HUTTON, KEVIN J. MCNAMARA and NAOMI C. DALLOB as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact for the purpose of signing the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and all amendments thereto, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of such attorneys-in-fact is appointed with full power to act without the other.

Dated: February 19, 2009
	/s/ Edward L. Hutton
	Edward L. Hutton

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION (“Company”) hereby appoints EDWARD L. HUTTON, KEVIN J. MCNAMARA and NAOMI C. DALLOB as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact for the purpose of signing the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and all amendments thereto, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of such attorneys-in-fact is appointed with full power to act without the other.

Dated: February 18, 2009
	/s/ Thomas C. Hutton
	Thomas C. Hutton

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION (“Company”) hereby appoints EDWARD L. HUTTON, KEVIN J. MCNAMARA and NAOMI C. DALLOB as her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact for the purpose of signing the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and all amendments thereto, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of such attorneys-in-fact is appointed with full power to act without the other.

Dated: February 16, 2009
	/s/ Sandra E. Laney
	Sandra E. Laney

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION (“Company”) hereby appoints EDWARD L. HUTTON, KEVIN J. MCNAMARA and NAOMI C. DALLOB as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact for the purpose of signing the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and all amendments thereto, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of such attorneys-in-fact is appointed with full power to act without the other.

Dated: February 19, 2009
	/s/ Timothy S. O’Toole
	Timothy S. O’Toole

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION (“Company”) hereby appoints EDWARD L. HUTTON, KEVIN J. MCNAMARA and NAOMI C. DALLOB as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact for the purpose of signing the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and all amendments thereto, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of such attorneys-in-fact is appointed with full power to act without the other.

Dated: February 17, 2009
	/s/ Donald E. Saunders
	Donald E. Saunders

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION (“Company”) hereby appoints EDWARD L. HUTTON, KEVIN J. MCNAMARA and NAOMI C. DALLOB as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact for the purpose of signing the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and all amendments thereto, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of such attorneys-in-fact is appointed with full power to act without the other.

Dated: February 17, 2009
	/s/ George J. Walsh III
	George J. Walsh III

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION (“Company”) hereby appoints EDWARD L. HUTTON, KEVIN J. MCNAMARA and NAOMI C. DALLOB as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact for the purpose of signing the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and all amendments thereto, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of such attorneys-in-fact is appointed with full power to act without the other.

Dated: February 16, 2009
	/s/ Frank E. Wood
	Frank E. Wood

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION (“Company”) hereby appoints EDWARD L. HUTTON, KEVIN J. MCNAMARA and NAOMI C. DALLOB as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact for the purpose of signing the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and all amendments thereto, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of such attorneys-in-fact is appointed with full power to act without the other.

Dated: February 18, 2009
	/s/ Walter L. Krebs
	Walter L. Krebs

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION (“Company”) hereby appoints EDWARD L. HUTTON, KEVIN J. MCNAMARA and NAOMI C. DALLOB as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact for the purpose of signing the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and all amendments thereto, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of such attorneys-in-fact is appointed with full power to act without the other.

Dated: February 19, 2009
	/s/ Andrea R. Lindell
	Andrea R. Lindell