Being able to share your life with someone is really important. Being intimate with someone is also important but intimacy does not have to include sex.
I think this is where people get confused with intimacy.
A caregiver, be it RN or caregiver, is being intimate with people every day. Residents or clients allow you to get up close and really personal with their personal care. Whether a person is comfortable with you doing this care or not is directly proportionate to the level of trust a person has in you, the caregiver. You cannot be intimate with anyone without trust.
Don't get confused around intimacy and sex. While they are integral in some relationships, intimacy and companionship is quite different. This is what you see in residential care.
Think about the people in your life that you share you inner most feelings with? Does it always involve sex? No it doesn't.
The people you gravitate towards are those you feel comfortable with and you have a high degree of trust with. If the trust in this relationship is violated, then the relationship breaks down and being intimate is no longer possible i.e. you will no longer share your thoughts, feelings and ideas with. This is what being intimate is all about.
Think about the people in your care. How do they share their lives with others in the facility? It doesnt involve sex but it does entail a sense of joy, wholeness and welbeing. This is intimacy and companionship.
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