EXHIBIT 24.1

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, Desmond John
Heathwood, hereby constitutes and appoints William J. Kelly and Mary Ann
Iudice his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for him and in his
name, place and stead, to sign any Schedule 13G or Schedule 13D relating to
beneficial ownership and changes in beneficial ownership of equity securities
of the companies set forth on Exhibit A hereto (each, a "Company" and,
collectively, the "Companies"), and any amendment thereto, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and submit copies thereof to
any securities exchange or automated quotation system and to the applicable
Company, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof. This power-of-attorney shall expire at such time as the undersigned
ceases to be subject to filing requirements under Section 13(d) and/or 13(g)
under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the
Companies.


                                            /s/ Desmond John Heathwood
                                            --------------------------
                                            Desmond John Heathwood

                                            Dated:  January 7, 2002







                                  EXHIBIT A


                    Companies Subject to Power of Attorney
                         Dated as of January 7, 2002


                            Interep National Radio Sales, Inc.
                            IPC Holdings, Ltd.
                            The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
                            RehabCare Group, Inc.
                            Swift Energy Company
                            Ventiv Health, Inc.