UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

     Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

         Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): July 26, 2005


                              REHABCARE GROUP, INC.
               (Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)


        Delaware                         0-19294             51-0265872
(State or other jurisdiction          (Commission         (I.R.S. Employer
    of incorporation)                 File Number)        Identification No.)

 7733 Forsyth Boulevard
       Suite 2300
   St. Louis, Missouri                                  63105
(Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)

                                 (314) 863-7422
                (Company's telephone number, including area code)

                                 Not applicable
          (Former name or former address if changed since last report)


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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal  Officers;  Election of Directors;
          Appointment of Principal Officers.

     (d)  On July 26, 2005 Suzan L. Rayner,  M.D.,  MPH was elected to RehabCare
          Group, Inc.'s Board of Directors. Dr. Rayner will serve as a member of
          the Board's Compliance Committee.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c)  Exhibits.

     99.1 Press release issued July 26, 2005 announcing the election of Suzan L.
          Rayner,  M.D.,  MPH as a new  member  of the  Board  of  Directors  of
          RehabCare Group, Inc.




                                 SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: July 26, 2005

                                       REHABCARE GROUP, INC.



                          By: /s/ Vincent L. Germanese
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                                  Vincent L. Germanese
                                  Senior Vice President,
                                  Chief Financial Officer
                                  and Secretary







                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

                    CONTACT:  RehabCare Group, Inc.
                              Vincent L. Germanese
                              Chief Financial Officer
                              Betty Cammarata, Dir-Investor Relations
                              Press: David Totaro, Senior Vice
                              President, Corporate Marketing &
                              Communications
                              (314) 863-7422 or
                              Financial Dynamics
                              Gordon McCoun/Theresa Kelleher
                              Press: Sean Leous
                              (212) 850-5600
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, July 26, 2005

                   REHABCARE ELECTS SUZAN L. RAYNER, M.D., MPH
                       AS NEW MEMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ST.  LOUIS,  MO.,  JULY 26,  2005 -  RehabCare  Group,  Inc.  (NYSE:  RHB) today
announced  that  Suzan L.  Rayner,  M.D.,  MPH has been  elected to its Board of
Directors.

     Dr.  Rayner is  Executive  Vice  President  of Medical  Affairs and Medical
Director at Schwab Rehabilitation  Hospital, a 125-bed  rehabilitation  hospital
which is part of the Sinai Health System, based in Chicago,  Illinois.  Prior to
assuming her current role,  Dr. Rayner  served as  Vice-President  of Ambulatory
Care for the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.

     John H. Short,  Ph.D.,  President and Chief Executive Officer of RehabCare,
stated,  "We are delighted to have Dr.  Rayner join our Board.  Her specialty in
physical  medicine and  rehabilitation  and her  clinical  interest in geriatric
rehabilitation  and  rehabilitation  for women, all specialties which supplement
our core business, will be invaluable to us as we continue to fulfill our vision
of building  the  post-acute  continuum  of care to help  patients  regain their
lives."

     Dr. Rayner  commented,  "I am excited about the opportunity to join a Board
which has provided dynamic leadership and direction to RehabCare. I look forward
to working  with Dr.  Short and his  management  team and to help  maximize  the
Company's tremendous potential with its patients, clients and shareholders."

     A graduate  of  Stanford  University  (B.A.  Psychology)  and  Northwestern
University  Medical  School  (M.D.),  Dr. Rayner  completed her residency at the
Rehabilitation  Institute of Chicago,  where she also served as Chief  Resident.
Dr.  Rayner  is a  Fellow  of  the  American  Board  of  Physical  Medicine  and
Rehabilitation  and she  currently  serves  as  Chairperson  of the Board of the
National Center on Poverty Law.

     RehabCare  Group,  Inc.,  headquartered  in St.  Louis,  MO,  is a  leading
provider  of  physical  therapy  management   services  for  hospital  inpatient
rehabilitation  and skilled  nursing  units,  outpatient  therapy  programs  and
contract  therapy  services  in  conjunction  with more than 890  hospitals  and
skilled  nursing  facilities  in 37 states,  the District of Columbia and Puerto
Rico.  RehabCare  is pleased to be included in the Russell 2000 and Standard and
Poor's Small Cap 600 indices.


Photos available on request.


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