Invacare Corporation Named to Better Investing's ``Top 100 Companies'' List For Sixth Time.

Business Editors, Health/Medical Writers

ELYRIA, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2002

Invacare Corporation (NYSE:IVC) has been named to Better Investing's list of "Top 100 Companies," the publication's annual survey of the National Association of Investors Corporation (NAIC) investment clubs for their mostly widely held stocks.

Invacare ranked number 68 out of 100 companies ranked. This is the sixth time Invacare has been named to the list. Other notable companies which made the list include General Electric, Intel Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Merck & Company, and Johnson & Johnson, among others.

Better Investing is the official publication of the NAIC, which is a non-profit organization comprised of investment clubs and individual investors. It was founded in 1951 to increase the number of individual investors in common stock and to provide a program of investment education and information for both inexperienced and experienced investors.

Surveys were mailed to NAIC investment clubs, and the results included in the survey are based on the club's portfolios, with figures in the listing prorated to represent all NAIC investment clubs. At number 68 on the list, Invacare had a total of 1,298 NAIC member clubs holding its stock, which represents more than 450,000 shares and a value in excess of $16 million.

"We continue to be gratified that members of the NAIC have chosen Invacare as a company in which they wish to invest their hard-earned dollars, and we are particularly pleased to be ranked once again in Better Investing's Top 100 Survey," said A. Malachi Mixon, III, chairman and chief executive officer of Invacare Corporation.

Invacare Corporation (NYSE:IVC) is the global leader in the manufacture and distribution of innovative home medical products which promote recovery and active lifestyles through more than 25,000 providers. The company, which had 2001 revenues of $1.05 billion, goes to market in the following channels of distribution: home care, mass retail and institutional. Within these channels of distribution, Invacare participates in the following product segments: Home Care, which includes rehab products, respiratory products, manual wheelchairs, home care beds, therapeutic support surfaces and personal care products marketed by Invacare's Home Care Group; Soft Goods and Supplies, which includes ostomy, incontinence, wound care and diabetic supplies marketed by Invacare Supply Group; and Institutional, which includes nursing home beds, patient lifts and slings, nursing home furniture and bathing systems marketed by Invacare Continuing Care Group. The company's headquarters are in Elyria, Ohio, and the firm has manufacturing plants in the United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. For more information about the company, visit Invacare's website at www.invacare.com.