http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/13252/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/cbs-downplays-costs-advocates-companys-elder-care-benefits <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/julia-seymour">Julia A. Seymour</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >     “Just $15 a day.”</p> <br /> <p >     By using that phrase, CBS “Evening News” spun a February 21 story about “progressive” corporations providing assistance to employees trying to take care of mom and dad.</p> <br /> <p >     “Freddie Mac provides emergency elder home care for which employees pay just $15 a day,” said correspondent Kelly Wallace as she listed several corporations already providing such benefits to their workers.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/cbs-downplays-costs-advocates-companys-elder-care-benefits" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Health aging caregiver disabled elderly healthbenefit medical parents retired retiree sick Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:46:35 +0000 admin 25612 at http://archive2.mrc.org