Exhibit 10.35
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
     This Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement (the “Amendment”) is made and
entered into on and as of the 20th day of February, 2007, between Heartland
Employment Services, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company (the “Company”),
Manor Care, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Manor Care”), and Stephen L. Guillard
(“Employee”).
RECITALS
     A. The Company, Manor Care, and Employee are parties to a certain
Employment Agreement, dated May 16, 2005 (the “Employment Agreement”).
     B. The Company, Manor Care, and Employee now desire to make certain changes
to the Employment Agreement, as set forth below, which changes the Company,
Manor Care, and Employee each deems to be necessary, desirable, and in its or
his best interests.
EVENTS
     In consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Company, Manor Care, and Employee hereby agree as follows:
     1. Defined Terms. Terms used herein with their initial letters capitalized
and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings assigned to them
in the Employment Agreement.
     2. Severance Payment Without Change in Control. Section 6 of the Employment
Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
     “6. Severance Payment Without Change in Control. Except as provided in
Paragraph 7:
          (a) Upon the termination of Employee’s employment as a result of
Employee’s electing to resign his employment or to retire without the consent of
the Company, no payments shall be required or made pursuant to this Paragraph 6
except as provided in Paragraph 6(f).
          (b) Upon the termination of Employee’s employment by the Company for
“Cause”, no payments shall be required or made pursuant to this Paragraph 6.
“Cause” shall mean Employee’s financial dishonesty, fraud in the performance of
his duties, willful failure to perform assigned duties hereunder (following
written notice and a reasonable opportunity to cure) or the commission of a
felony.

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          (c) Upon the termination of Employee’s employment by the Company for
any reason other than for Cause or disability, the Company shall continue
payment of Employee’s annual base salary, at the rate then in effect on the date
of such termination, for a period of three (3) years after such date of
termination. The Company shall give thirty (30) days written notice of any such
termination which notice shall specify the date of termination.
          (d) Upon the termination of Employee’s employment as a result of the
death of Employee, the Company shall continue payment of Employee’s annual base
salary, at the rate then in effect on the date of such termination, for a period
of three (3) years after such date of termination; provided, however, that such
payments shall be offset by any survivor benefits, excluding life insurance
proceeds, received by Employee’s spouse or other designated beneficiary under
the Company’s plans, programs and policies.
          (e) Upon the termination of Employee’s employment as a result of his
becoming unable to perform his duties due to a disability as established by the
award of long-term disability benefits under the Company’s long-term disability
plan, the Company may terminate Employee’s employment by giving Employee thirty
(30) days written notice of its intention to terminate. In such event, Company
shall continue payment of Employee’s annual base salary, at the rate then in
effect on the date of such termination, for a period of three (3) years after
such date of termination; provided, however, that such payments shall be offset
by any disability benefits received by Employee, or his legal guardian, under
the Company’s plans, programs and policies.
          (f) Upon termination of Employee’s employment for any reason,
voluntarily or involuntarily, with or without Cause, Employee shall be entitled
to such rights as he otherwise has under the benefit programs listed on
Schedule II, as amended from time to time, in the circumstances of his
particular termination.”
     3. Severance Payments Following a Change in Control. Section 7 of the
Employment Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
     “7. Severance Payments Following A Change In Control.
          (a) In the event Employee’s employment is terminated within two years
following a Change in Control of Manor Care (as defined below) under
circumstances which would otherwise entitle Employee to receive a severance
payment under Paragraph 6, Employee’s severance payment shall be paid in a lump
sum within five (5) business days of such termination and shall be equal to
three (3) times the sum of Employee’s annual base salary at the rate then in
effect plus (i) the target amount of his award under the Annual Incentive Plan
for the year in which he

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is terminated; and (ii) the target amount of his award under the Performance
Award Plan, for the award period ending with the year in which the termination
occurs or with the year nearest to the year in which termination occurs. In
addition, the Company will arrange to provide Employee with group medical,
dental and vision benefits substantially similar to those which Employee was
receiving or entitled to receive immediately prior to the Change In Control for
a period of three (3) years.
          (b) For the purposes of this Paragraph 7, “Change in Control” shall
mean a transaction or other event in which (i) Manor Care is merged,
consolidated or reorganized into or with another corporation or other legal
person, and as a result of such merger, consolidation or reorganization less
than sixty-five percent of the combined voting power of the then outstanding
securities of such resulting corporation or person immediately after such
transaction are held in the aggregate by the holders of Voting Stock of Manor
Care immediately prior to such transaction; or (ii) Manor Care sells or
otherwise transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another
corporation or other legal person, and as a result of such sale or transfer less
than sixty-five percent of the combined voting power of the then outstanding
Voting Stock of such corporation or person immediately after such sale or
transfer is held in the aggregate by the holders of Voting Stock of Manor Care
immediately prior to such sale or transfer.”
     4. Non-Competition/Non-Solicitation. Section 8 of the Employment Agreement
is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
     “8. Non-Competition/Non-Solicitation.
          (a) Covenant Not to Compete. Employee covenants and agrees that during
the period of Employee’s employment hereunder and for a period of three
(3) years following the termination of Employee’s employment, including without
limitation termination by the Company for cause or without cause, Employee shall
not, in the United States of America, engage, directly or indirectly, whether as
principal or as agent, officer, director, employee, consultant, shareholder or
otherwise, alone or in association with any other person, corporation or other
entity, in any Competing Business. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
“Competing Business” shall mean any person, corporation or other entity engaged
in providing skilled nursing, assisted living, home health, hospice or
rehabilitation services or providing or attempting to provide any other product
or service which is the same as or similar to products or services sold or
provided by the Company or any Manor Care Subsidiary within the three (3) years
prior to termination of Employee’s employment hereunder; provided, however, that
Employee’s continuing equity interest in Harborside Healthcare Corporation, to
the extent of such interest on the day prior to the effective date of this
Agreement, shall not constitute a violation of this Agreement.

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          (b) Non-Solicitation of Customers. Employee agrees that during his
employment with the Company he shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit the
business of, or do business with, any customer or prospective customer of the
Company or any Manor Care Subsidiary for any business purpose other than for the
benefit of the Company or a Manor Care Subsidiary. Employee further agrees that
for three (3) years following termination of his employment with the Company,
including without limitation termination by the Company for cause or without
cause, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit the business of, or
do business with, any customers or prospective customers of the Company or any
Manor Care Subsidiary; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to
soliciting to provide or providing any services which the Company or any Manor
Care subsidiary does not provide, or has not traditionally sought to provide.
          (c) Non-Solicitation of Employees. Employee agrees that, during his
employment with the Company and for three (3) years following termination of
Employee’s employment with the Company, including without limitation termination
by the Company for cause or without cause, Employee shall not, directly or
indirectly, solicit or induce, or attempt to solicit or induce, any employee of
the Company to leave the employment of the Company for any reason whatsoever, or
hire any employee of the Company except into the employment of the Company;
provided, that the foregoing shall not apply to any employee hired through a
general hiring process without any direct or indirect involvement by Employee in
recruiting such person for hire.”
     5. No Change. Except as expressly modified by this Amendment, the
Employment Agreement shall continue in effect unchanged.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment on and
as of the date first above written.

                  THE COMPANY:    
 
                HEARTLAND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, LLC    
 
  By:   Health Care and Retirement Corporation of America Managing Member    
 
           
 
  By:        /s/ Paul A. Ormond    
 
     
 
     Paul A. Ormond    
 
           President and Chief Executive Officer    

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                  MANOR CARE:    
 
                MANOR CARE, INC.      
 
  By:        /s/ Paul A. Ormond    
 
     
 
     Paul A. Ormond    
 
           President and Chief Executive Officer    
 
                EMPLOYEE:    
 
                /s/ Stephen L. Guillard                  
                    Stephen L. Guillard    

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