EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION ("Company") hereby appoints 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, 2011, 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, 2012
	/s/ Joel F. Gemunder
	Joel F. Gemunder

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION ("Company") hereby appoints 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, 2011, 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, 2012
	/s/ Patrick P. Grace
	Patrick P. Grace

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION ("Company") hereby appoints 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, 2011, 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, 2012
	/s/ Thomas C. Hutton
	Thomas C. Hutton

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION ("Company") hereby appoints 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, 2011, 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, 2012
	Thomas P. Rice
	/s/ Thomas P. Rice

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION ("Company") hereby appoints 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, 2011, 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, 2012
	/s/ Donald E. Saunders
	Donald E. Saunders

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION ("Company") hereby appoints 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, 2011, 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, 2012
	/s/ George J. Walsh III
	George J. Walsh III

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION ("Company") hereby appoints 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, 2011, 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, 2012
	/s/ Frank E. Wood
	Frank E. Wood

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION ("Company") hereby appoints 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, 2011, 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, 2012
	/s/ Walter L. Krebs
	Walter L. Krebs

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned director of CHEMED CORPORATION ("Company") hereby appoints 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, 2011, 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, 2012
	/s/ Andrea R. Lindell
	Andrea R. Lindell