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<DESCRIPTION>FORM OF LTR TO BROKER, DEALERS AND OTHER NOMINEES
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 99.4







                              CHEMED CORPORATION
                         (FORMERLY ROTO-ROOTER, INC.)

                               OFFER TO EXCHANGE

                 ALL OUTSTANDING 8 3/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2011
                   ($150,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT)
                                      FOR
                         8 3/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2011
                   ($150,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT)
          WHICH HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

To Securities Dealers, Commercial Banks,
Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

      Enclosed for your consideration is a Prospectus dated [             ],
2004 (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the
"Prospectus") and a form of Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal")
relating to the offer (the "Exchange Offer") by Chemed Corporation ("Chemed")
to exchange up to $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8 3/4% Senior
Notes due 2011 which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "New Notes"), for up to $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
its outstanding 8 3/4% Senior Notes due 2011 that were issued and sold in a
transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Original Notes").

      We are asking you to contact your clients for whom you hold Original
Notes registered in your name or in the name of your nominee.  In addition, we
ask you to contact your clients who, to your knowledge, hold Original Notes
registered in their own name.  Chemed will not pay any fees or commissions to
any broker, dealer or other person in connection with the solicitation of
tenders pursuant to the Exchange Offer.  You will, however, be reimbursed by
Chemed for customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by you for
forwarding any of the enclosed materials to your clients.  Chemed will pay all
transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the tender of Original Notes to it or its
order, except as otherwise provided in the Prospectus and the Letter of
Transmittal.

      Enclosed are copies of the following documents:

            6.    the Prospectus;

            7.    a Letter of Transmittal for your use in connection with the
                  exchange of Original Notes and for the information of your
                  clients (facsimile copies of the Letter of Transmittal may be
                  used to exchange Original Notes);

            8.    a form of letter that may be sent to your clients for whose
                  accounts you hold Original Notes registered in your name or
                  the name of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining
                  the clients' instructions with regard to the Exchange Offer;

            9.    a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery;

            10.   guidelines of the Internal Revenue Service for Certification
                  of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9; and

            11.   a return envelope addressed to LaSalle Bank National
                  Association, the Exchange Agent.

      YOUR PROMPT ACTION IS REQUESTED.  THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00
P.M., NEW YOUR CITY TIME, ON [           ], 2004, UNLESS EXTENDED (THE
"EXPIRATION DATE").  ORIGINAL NOTES TENDERED PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER MAY
BE WITHDRAWN, SUBJECT TO THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN THE PROSPECTUS AND THE
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.

      To tender Original Notes, certificates for Original Notes or a book-entry
confirmation (see the section entitled "The Exchange Offer" in the Prospectus),
a duly executed and properly completed Letter of Transmittal or a facsimile
thereof, and any other required documents, must be received by the Exchange
Agent as provided in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal.

      Questions and requests for assistance with respect to the Exchange Offer
or requests for additional copies of the enclosed material may be directed to
the Exchange Agent at its address and telephone number set forth in the
Prospectus.

                                    Very truly yours,


                                    CHEMED CORPORATION


      NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE
YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON AS AN AGENT OF CHEMED CORPORATION OR THE EXCHANGE
AGENT, OR ANY AFFILIATE THEREOF, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO MAKE
ANY STATEMENTS OR USE ANY DOCUMENT ON BEHALF OF ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THE
EXCHANGE OFFER, EXCEPT FOR THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS AND THE STATEMENTS EXPRESSLY
MADE IN THE PROSPECTUS AND THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.










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