EXHIBIT 24


POWER OF ATTORNEY


       Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Robert L. Macklin, Donna
M. Isaacs, Marcia Riehle and Chris Shell, or any of their written designees among employees of Hill-Rom
Holdings, Inc. (the ?Company?) or any partners of Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP, signing singly, the undersigned?s
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 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 and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment
or amendments thereto, 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 such attorney-in-fact?s 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 such attorney-in-fact?s 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 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 issued 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 as of this 1st
day of September, 2010.


\s\ name: Scott R. Jeffers

Signature: \s\: Scott R. Jeffers