Human Resources: LifeCare® Launches New Backup Care ConnectionSM Program

WESTPORT, Conn., February 22, 2007 -- LifeCare®, Inc., provider of comprehensive specialty care services and a longtime leader in the work/life industry, announced today that it has launched a new Backup Care ConnectionSM program for organizations that want to take the next step in providing employees and members with resources to help them better manage their busy lives. The new program helps people make alternative care arrangements for children and seniors to avoid missing work when regular care arrangements break down.

The Backup Care Connection program features:

   a large and high-quality network of nearly 2,000 certified child care facilities and 75,000 credentialed in-home caregivers

   national coverage, so that employees from headquarters to the smallest office are covered

   guaranteed and direct placement in a local facility or with an in-home caregiver

   solutions for both child AND elder care to meet the needs of the "sandwich" generation

   very low co-pays, so that employees are encouraged to use the program

"Today's workers need all the help they can get when it comes to juggling work with child and elder care responsibilities," said LifeCare CEO, Peter G. Burki. "Organizations that provide this help will realize tremendous returns in terms of reduced absenteeism, productivity gains and enhanced loyalty and satisfaction levels. Bottom line, a program like this will pay for itself many times over."

Pearson, the global publishing leader, is one of LifeCare's first clients for the new program. "We've used LifeCare's services for a decade and they often exceed our expectations," said Christine Pfeiffer, manager of work/life and diversity for Pearson. "We chose LifeCare's Backup Care Connection program because we are confident in their ability to provide these services and in their commitment to meeting our employees needs."

LifeCare will be partnering with Knowledge Learning Corporation, the nation's leading provider of quality child care and development programs, to deliver the Backup Care Connection program. "Knowledge Learning Corporation, through our leading brand KinderCare Learning Centers, is proud to partner with LifeCare in providing the nation's largest backup child care and education options," said Sheila Niehaus, Vice President and General Manager for Knowledge Learning Corporation Employer Partnerships. "Together, we will ensure families have alternative care options for their children when unforeseen circumstances arise, increasing employee satisfaction and workplace productivity."

Burki calls the need for backup care one of the toughest challenges workers face. "Too many people are unprepared for a breakdown in their regular care arrangements, a situation that is bound to arise at some point," he says. "As a result, they're often at a complete loss as to what to do and many of them end up missing work entirely because they can't find a last-minute solution. But that doesn't have to be the case, not when a program like Backup Care Connection is available so affordably via employers."

The Backup Care Connection program builds on LifeCare's successful suite of backup care counseling, education and referral services. It represents a fully insured, turnkey solution designed for simple implementation by employers and ease-of-use by employees. Reasons that employees turn to backup care programs include: regular care arrangements are cancelled or fall through due to holidays, illness, closings, or vacations; last-minute changes in employees' work schedules; business travel; snow days and other emergencies.

About LifeCare®, Inc.
LifeCare provides clients with specialty care services and customized care plans for all aspects of their personal and professional lives, including child care and parenting, elder care and healthy aging, education and personal growth, financial and legal matters, and far beyond. LifeCare serves 1,500 client companies with 4.5 million individuals within corporations, health plans, government agencies and unions. For more information, visit www.lifecare.com.

About Pearson
Pearson is an international media company with world-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing. Pearson leads its markets in quality, innovation and profitability, bringing together some of the most valuable brands in publishing: the Financial Times, Penguin, Dorling Kindersley, Scott Foresman, Prentice Hall, Addison Wesley and Longman. From its roots as the world's largest book publisher, Pearson has grown to provide a range of related services: testing and learning software for students of all ages; data for financial institutions; public information systems for government departments. Pearson has more than 32,000 employees based in 60 countries. For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

About Knowledge Learning Corporation
Knowledge Learning Corporation is a leading national early childhood care and education company, serving more than 200,000 children in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Key offerings include nearly 2,000 community centers, over 500 school-partnership sites and more than 120 employer-partnership centers. Centers operate under the names KinderCare, Mulberry, Children's World and others. For more information, visit www.knowledgelearning.com.

Media contact: Michael Civiello
LifeCare, Inc.
pr1[at]lifecare.com
203-291-4170