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Fearless Caregiver Newsletter  Tuesday February 14, 2012 - Issue #73
Welcome to the latest edition of the caregiver.com bi-weekly newsletter brought to you by Proleukin. Please recommend caregiver newsletter to any other family or professional caregiver. It's a great way to show how much you care. If you are receiving this issue of caregiver newsletter as a forward, and would like to get your own  subscription, click here. If you cannot view this email correctly please click here From The Editor Happy Valentine's Day As any astute longtime reader of this column knows, there are certain times of the year when we like to share our favorite appropriate stories with you. You might call them our seasonal chestnuts. One of these times is during Christmas, when we roll out our version of “The Night Before Christmas" aptly renamed “A Caregiver's Christmas.” Another is on this very day, when we like to recount the story of our Valentine’s Day lovebirds – Mike and Mindy… They heard about the session in the news that very morning. Let’s call them Mike and Mindy. I was in their town to host an information and resource panel...continued Take Care Gary Barg Editor-in-Chief gary@caregiver.com Feature Article Maintaining Emotional Intimacy When Your Loved One Is Ill By Jennifer Bradley, Staff Writer In our culture, when we discuss intimacy, many people think immediately of sexuality. While sex may be part of an intimate relationship, ...continued Guest Column My Friend My Patient My Love By Rose M. Schreiber My friend is a tall stately gal - six foot to be exact.  Her love is the game of golf and she teaches me all the facets of it.  Soon, I too, begin to love the game, the camaraderie with my friend and with our fellow...continued Caretips Today’s Caregiver magazine’s Caregivers Emotional First Aid Kit Smile, it’s not funny how often we forget to do this simple act and how well it lifts our spirits...continued Carenotes How you deal with a parent who has dementia and suddenly turns on you? How do you deal with a doctor who has written two letters saying that one or both parents are unable to care for themselves because of medical and mental issues, and in the second one actually says one is suffering from Alzheimer's, and then recants and says that parent is now mentally sound? When your parent had legal papers drawn up 17 years ago giving one child Power of Attorney and naming the other Health Care Surrogate and now decides to change her mind, due to dementia, why is no one willing to sit her down and explain this to her?  So now you have to go through the expense of getting a guarantorship to enforce her wishes when she was of sound mind?  Isn't this what all those other papers were meant to avoid? Jane Answer This Week's CareNote Caregiver.com Support Group Directory. Click here for information about any caregiver support groups in your area. Caregivers need your help. Please add information about your local support groups to our Support Group Directory. Include the name of the group, where and when it meets, city and state and support group leader contact information. Have an idea for an article? We are always looking for contributing writers. For more information contact editor@caregiver.com Recommend Us Tell your friends about Caregiver.com!  If you have a friend who you think would benefit from our newsletter, complete and submit the form: recommend/index.htm Subscription Information If you received caregiver newsletter and are not yet a subscriber, and would like to begin receiving a complimentary copy of your own, please click here. Unsubscribe To unsubscribe from caregiver newsletter, simply  click on the 'manage your subscription' link at the bottom of this newsletter.   Privacy Policy Privacy Statement http://www.caregiver.com/privacy/index.htm Copyright© 1995-2012 Caregiver.com Inc., All rights reserved by Caregiver.com and its subsidiaries.	www.caregiver.com Inside This Issue: From the Editor Happy Valentine's Day Feature Article Mantaining Emotional Intimacy When Your Loved One Is Ill Guest Column My Friend My Patient My Love Caretips Today's Caregiver magazine's Caregivers Emotional First Aid Kit Carenotes Visit the Caregiver.com Online Store for our specials. Let's Talk - jAN/FEB 2012 How should a caregiver approach the subject of advance directives with their loved one? Share your story Digital version of print magazine Jan/Feb 2012 POST YOUR  CAREGIVING TIPS HERE Educate yourself & other caregivers on any medication given to a loved one. The internet is wonderful to help you...continued Fearless Caregiver Channel