-- Acquires Regional Oxygen and Medical Equipment & Encore Respiratory -- SOUTHFIELD, Mich., April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arcadia Resources, Inc., (OTC:ACDI) (BULLETIN BOARD: ACDI) , a leading provider of home care and staffing services, mail order pharmacy and durable medical equipment ("DME"), announced today that it has acquired the Florida operations of Regional Oxygen and Medical Equipment, Inc., and Encore Respiratory, Inc., with combined annual sales of $1.8 million in 2005. Both companies are home care providers of respiratory and durable medical equipment to the Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda, North Port, Sarasota, Lake Alfred, Winter Haven, Sebring and Venice markets. Upon full integration of the acquisition, Arcadia Resources will operate these companies under the brand name Arcadia Home, a wholly owned Arcadia company. In addition to supplying home respiratory and durable medical equipment to patients, Arcadia plans to offer pharmacy, and ventilator services from these locations. Tom White, Regional Manager of Arcadia's recently acquired United Health Care Services located in Ft. Myers and Naples, Florida, will also manage the acquired companies. Mary Miller, co-owner of Encore Respiratory, Inc., said, "Arcadia shares the same commitment to patient care and quality service as Encore. Arcadia is a home medical equipment provider dedicated to helping clients maintain the greatest possible level of independence at home." Larry Kuhnert, president of Arcadia Resources, stated, "The acquisition of these fine companies exemplifies our vision to provide value-added services to meet the diverse needs of the in-home patient in the state of Florida. Our business model can provide patients with greater accessibility to a broad range of services, from in-home caregivers to future durable medical equipment, while supporting consumer confidence through the well-recognized Arcadia brand name. We believe by selecting accretive acquisitions with quality home care products and established sales, such as Regional Oxygen and Medical Equipment and Encore Respiratory, we can solidify long-term customer relationships in large, geographically desirable markets such as Florida." About Arcadia Resources, Inc. Arcadia Resources, Inc. operations include home health care services; non- medical and medical staffing, including travel nursing; provision of respiratory and durable medical equipment to patients in the home; a full service mail-order pharmacy; and a mail-order catalog of home health care- oriented products. The Company's comprehensive solutions help organizations operate more effectively and with greater flexibility, while enabling individuals to manage illness and injury in the comfort of their own homes. For more information, visit: http://www.arcadiaresourcesinc.com/. Contact: Geoffrey Eiten, Investor Relations, National Financial Network, 781-444-6100 x613, . See also http://www.nfnonline.com/acdi. Any statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, if applicable to the Company, and otherwise within the meaning of court opinions construing such forward-looking statements. The Company claims all safe harbor and other legal protections provided to it by law for all of its forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "can," "will," "could," "should," "project," "expect," "plan," "predict," "believe," "estimate," "aim," "anticipate," "intend," "continue," "potential," "opportunity" or similar terms, variations of those terms or the negative of those terms or other variations of those terms or comparable words or expressions. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause actual financial or operating results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements not to occur or be realized. Such forward-looking statements generally are based on our estimates of future results, performances or achievements, predicated upon current conditions and the most recent results of the companies involved and their respective industries. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties and other factors pertaining to our forward-looking statements include competition factors (such as the size and resources of our competitors), general economic conditions, cyclical factors affecting our Companies' industries, our ability to sell new and existing services and products at profitable yet competitive prices, and the need for our Company to effectively integrate acquired businesses and to successfully deliver its primary services and products. In particular, our forward-looking statements pertaining to our strategy of growth through acquisitions of businesses, Medicare reimbursement for respiratory services and our expectations of a favorable impact on sales and gross margins are premised on factors including, but not limited to, our ability to successfully reduce operating costs by effectively integrating these businesses, without adversely affecting the quality and volume of such services and/or products available for purchase, our ability to procure our products and providers of services at competitive prices, and our ability to successfully leverage operational efficiencies and cross-marketing across the Arcadia family of businesses. While our forward- looking statements are premised in part by internal growth through demand from customers served by our industries and our companies, we cannot assure that such demand will continue. Actual results may differ materially from our expectations in the event that our assumptions and the data we rely on (including the historical and expected growth of the home care services, respiratory services, staffing, mail order prescription and medical equipment industries) are inaccurate or if growth does not continue at historical rates or is or becomes affected by economic conditions and climate. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release speak only as of the date hereof. Additional information with respect to these and other factors that could materially affect the Company may be found in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake, and expressly disclaims, any obligation to update or alter its forward-looking statements, except as may be required by law. DATASOURCE: Arcadia Resources, Inc. CONTACT: Geoffrey Eiten, Investor Relations, National Financial Network, +1-781-444-6100 x613, or Web site: http://www.arcadiaresourcesinc.com/ http://www.nfnonline.com/acdi

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