Planning with Purpose

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  • Understanding Long-Term Care Planning

    In this episode of Planning with Purpose, host Raymond Lavine dives deep into the essentials of long-term care planning. Raymond unpacks why planning for long-term care is crucial, how it affects families, and the financial and emotional benefits of starting early. With insights on different coverage options and practical advice on crafting a personalized plan, Raymond helps listeners navigate the complexities of long-term care to ensure they and their loved ones are prepared for the future. This episode is a must-listen for anyone looking to approach long-term care planning with clarity and confidence.

    Stick around, and get on the right side of prepared!

    Chapters:

    0:00 - Welcome to the show

    0:30 - Medicare and Medicade

    3:00 - The Importance of Early Planning

    5:50 - Financial Considerations in Long-Term Planning

    8:12 - Taking Initial Steps With Raymond and Lavine LTC Benefits

    Connect with Raymond:

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    9 min
  • Caregiving Support Services and Why Modern Companies Need Them

    Welcome to another episode of Planning with Purpose: The Caregiver's Blueprint, with Raymond Lavine!

    Raymond Lavine is the driving force behind Lavine LTC Benefits. With a wealth of experience in insurance, finance, and long-term care benefits, Raymond's commitment to helping you plan for your future is unwavering.

    Raymond Lavine's expertise in long-term care benefits goes beyond the ordinary. He has appeared on popular TV shows like "Moving America Forward" alongside hosts Doug Luellen and William Shatner and on various podcasts, sharing his knowledge on long-term care insurance and other essential financial topics. He's used these platforms to engage listeners in meaningful discussions about the importance of securing your future.

    On this episode of Planning with Purpose, Raymond is joined by Ilene Nathanson and Jeannette Galvanek. Ilene is Gerontologist and published author behind Caregiving Confidential. As the co-founder of Newagingpartnership.org, Ilene is uniquly positioned to discuss long-term care trends in the U.S. Jeannette is the founder and CEO of carewise solution as well as a former c-suite executive at AT&T.

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    Chapters:

    0:00 - Welcome to the show!

    2:20 - How Dr. Ilene and Jeannette met

    3:20 - Incentive for Change and Defining the Problem

    10:20 - Collaboration vs. Turf

    13:00 - Standardized Resources and Coaching through CareWise Solutions

    18:00 - Jeannette's Experience with Employers

    22:35 - Blockades to Progress

    26:20 - Independent Choice

    29:50 - Look at the Front Line

    33:30 - Dealing with Vetting Products

    38:30 - The Part of Private Institutions

    41:30 - How Employers Can Improve Policy Today

    43:40 - How to Get In Contact with Jeannette and Ilene

    41:00 - How You Can Get in Touch With Raymond and Lavine LTC Benefits

    Connect with Jeannette and Ilene

    Carewisesolutions.com

    Newagingpartnership.com

    Connect with Raymond:

    Website

    YouTube

    46 min
  • Make Confident Medical Decisions As A Dementia Family Caregiver with Brittany Lamb MD

    Welcome to another episode of Planning with Purpose: The Caregiver's Blueprint, with Raymond Lavine!

    Raymond Lavine is the driving force behind Lavine LTC Benefits. With a wealth of experience in insurance, finance, and long-term care benefits, Raymond's commitment to helping you plan for your future is unwavering.

    Raymond Lavine's expertise in long-term care benefits goes beyond the ordinary. He has appeared on popular TV shows like "Moving America Forward" alongside hosts Doug Luellen and William Shatner and on various podcasts, sharing his knowledge on long-term care insurance and other essential financial topics. He's used these platforms to engage listeners in meaningful discussions about the importance of securing your future.

    On this episode of Planning with Purpose, Raymond is joined by ER physician, dementia family caregiver educator & advocate, Dr. Brittany Lamb. Dr. Brittany educates dementia family caregivers and those looking to better prepare for long-term-care planning through her website, active blog, and regular training programs offered online and over the phone. Find her online at https://blambmd.com.

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    Chapters:

    0:00 - Welcome to the show!

    1:40 - Dr. Brittany Lamb

    7:20 - Keeping Patients Involved Vs. Delegated Family Planning

    10:45 - The ER vs. Primary Care and Continued Discovery

    14:20 - Planning and Quality of Life

    19:00 - The Reality of Living Facilities and Care

    23:35 - Caregivers Need Our Care

    24:30 - Social Services Available to Care Givers

    26:10 - How to Access Brittany and Natali Edmond's Free Online Education

    33:40 - Resources and Managing Time to Care

    38:00 - Make Your Plan with Dr. Lamb

    39:40 - How to Get In Contact with Brittany

    41:00 - How You Can Get in Touch With Raymond and Lavine LTC Benefits

    Connect with Raymond:

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    YouTube

    42 min
  • Do You Have a Caregiving Plan?

    Welcome to another episode of Planning with Purpose: The Caregiver's Blueprint, with Raymond Lavine!

    Raymond Lavine is the driving force behind Lavine LTC Benefits. With a wealth of experience in insurance, finance, and long-term care benefits, Raymond's commitment to helping you plan for your future is unwavering.

    Raymond Lavine's expertise in long-term care benefits goes beyond the ordinary. He has appeared on popular TV shows like "Moving America Forward" alongside hosts Doug Luellen and William Shatner and on various podcasts, sharing his knowledge on long-term care insurance and other essential financial topics. He's used these platforms to engage listeners in meaningful discussions about the importance of securing your future.

    On this episode of Planning with Purpose, Raymond details the ever-changing intricacies of a caregiving plan and how to think about the journey of setting one up for you and your loved ones.

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    Chapters:

    0:00 - Welcome to the show

    1:00 - Why YOU Need a Plan

    2:00 - The Evolution of a Caregiving Plan

    4:30 - Your Potential Experience If You Wait

    7:30 - Consideration When Planning

    12:20 - Wealth Advisor, Attorney, or Accountant?

    14:15 - Own It So You Can Be On It

    17:35 - Life Can Blossom in Care Giving If Planned Ahead

    19:35 - The Responsibility of Caregiving

    22:08 - How You Can Get in Touch With Raymond and Lavine LTC Benefits

    Connect with Raymond:

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    YouTube

    23 min
  • Shining a Light On Patient Advocacy

    Welcome to another episode of Planning with Purpose: The Caregiver's Blueprint, with Raymond Lavine!

    Raymond Lavine is the driving force behind Lavine LTC Benefits. With a wealth of experience in insurance, finance, and long-term care benefits, Raymond's commitment to helping you plan for your future is unwavering.

    Raymond Lavine's expertise in long-term care benefits goes beyond the ordinary. He has appeared on popular TV shows like "Moving America Forward" alongside hosts Doug Luellen and William Shatner and on various podcasts, sharing his knowledge on long-term care insurance and other essential financial topics. He's used these platforms to engage listeners in meaningful discussions about the importance of securing your future.

    On this episode of Planning with Purpose, Raymond is joined by My MD Advisor's founder, Gerda Maissel, MD, BCPA. Gerda breaks down the intricacies of long-term care planning and the specific scenarios she helps clients through on a daily basis.

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    Chapters:

    0:00 - Welcome to the show!

    0:30 - Dr. Gerda Maissel Intro

    2:10 - Who Get's In Contact with Gerda

    4:30 - How Does Gerda Advocate for Her Clients?

    7:05 - How Gerda Mediates Between Doctors and Clients

    11:40 - Hospital, Rehab and Community Care

    14:05 - Gerda's First Client and Their Heartbreaking Story

    18:58 - The Foglight and How to Get In Contact with Gerda

    19:40 - How You Can Get in Touch With Raymond and Lavine LTC Benefits

    Connect with Raymond:

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    YouTube

    21 min
  • How to Alleviate The Emotional Burden of Caregiving

    Welcome to another episode of Planning with Purpose: The Caregiver's Blueprint, with Raymond Lavine!

    Raymond Lavine is the driving force behind Lavine LTC Benefits. With a wealth of experience in insurance, finance, and long-term care benefits, Raymond's commitment to helping you plan for your future is unwavering.

    Raymond Lavine's expertise in long-term care benefits goes beyond the ordinary. He has appeared on popular TV shows like "Moving America Forward" alongside hosts Doug Luellen and William Shatner and on various podcasts, sharing his knowledge on long-term care insurance and other essential financial topics. He's used these platforms to engage listeners in meaningful discussions about the importance of securing your future.

    On this episode of Planning with Purpose, Raymond details the importance of managing the stress of providing for loved one. Raymond stresses the normalcy of these feelings as well as how to best deal with them.

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    Chapters:

    0:00 - Welcome to the show!

    0:30 - The Problem

    2:10 - The Journey of Caregiving

    4:00 - Who is a Caregiver?

    5:50 - Bradley Cooper's New Caregiving Film and Public Understanding

    8:05 - The Financial Impact of Caregiving

    10:15 - Find a Proxy

    12:10 - Time Management

    14:20 - Timing Legal Decisions

    15:00 - How You Can Get in Touch With Raymond and Lavine LTC Benefits

    Connect with Raymond:

    Website

    YouTube

    17 min
  • The Care Manager: Catalyst To a Higher Quality of Life

    Welcome to another episode of Planning with Purpose: The Caregiver's Blueprint, with Raymond Lavine!

    Raymond Lavine is the driving force behind Lavine LTC Benefits. With a wealth of experience in insurance, finance, and long-term care benefits, Raymond's commitment to helping you plan for your future is unwavering.

    Raymond Lavine's expertise in long-term care benefits goes beyond the ordinary. He has appeared on popular TV shows like "Moving America Forward" alongside hosts Doug Luellen and William Shatner and on various podcasts, sharing his knowledge on long-term care insurance and other essential financial topics. He's used these platforms to engage listeners in meaningful discussions about the importance of securing your future.

    On this episode of Planning with Purpose, Raymond details the importance of a care manager in planning as well as executing your long term care plan.

    Stick around, and get on the right side of prepared!

    Chapters:

    0:00 - Welcome to the show!

    0:20 - The Problem

    1:50 - How Would You Start?

    3:30 - The 3 Caregiving Manager Duties

    6:20 - Raymond's Experience with Caregiving

    7:45 - Where to Find Care Management

    8:25 - Raymonds Long Term Care Website

    9:00 - The Donnor Example

    11:35 - How You Can Get in Touch With Raymond and Lavine LTC Benefits

    Connect with Raymond:

    Website

    YouTube

    13 min
  • Caregiver Shortage - The Looming Crisis

    Welcome to another episode of Planning with Purpose: The Caregiver's Blueprint, with Raymond Lavine!

    Raymond Lavine is the driving force behind Lavine LTC Benefits. With a wealth of experience in insurance, finance, and long-term care benefits, Raymond's commitment to helping you plan for your future is unwavering.

    Raymond Lavine's expertise in long-term care benefits goes beyond the ordinary. He has appeared on popular TV shows like "Moving America Forward" alongside hosts Doug Luellen and William Shatner and on various podcasts, sharing his knowledge on long-term care insurance and other essential financial topics. He's used these platforms to engage listeners in meaningful discussions about the importance of securing your future.

    On this episode of Planning with Purpose, Raymond dives into the looming caregiver crisis and how knowing what is coming can help you best prepare and prosper in your long-term-care planning.

    Stick around, and get on the right side of prepared!

    Chapters:

    0:00 - Welcome to the show!

    1:00 - The Problem

    3:00 - It Goes Both Ways

    5:00 - Raymond's Lesson from His Mother

    6:50 - Raymonds Father's Lessons

    8:20 - Preference for Home care

    10:20 - Booming Economy...Limited Access To Care

    12:30 - Supply Vs. Demand

    14:40 - Expertise and Training

    15:25 - The Solution

    16:25 - Sometimes It Doesn't Work Out...That's Okay

    17:00 - Other Considerations

    19:00 - Looking Forward

    19:24 - How You Can Get in Touch With Raymond and Lavine LTC Benefits

    Connect with Raymond:

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    YouTube

    21 min
  • The Prepared Caregiver

    Welcome to the first episode of Planning with Purpose: The Caregiver's Blueprint, with Raymond Lavine!

    Raymond Lavine is the driving force behind Lavine LTC Benefits. With a wealth of experience in insurance, finance, and long-term care benefits, Raymond's commitment to helping you plan for your future is unwavering.

    Raymond Lavine's expertise in long-term care benefits goes beyond the ordinary. He has appeared on popular TV shows like "Moving America Forward" alongside hosts Doug Luellen and William Shatner and on various podcasts, sharing his knowledge on long-term care insurance and other essential financial topics. He's used these platforms to engage listeners in meaningful discussions about the importance of securing your future.

    On this episode of Planning with Purpose, Raymond dives into what makes a prepared caregiver. Caregiver's aren't always trained professionals, they in many cases begin as family members or friends. Raymond breaks down some common misconceptions as well as some lesser known must knows about caregiving.

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    Chapters:

    0:00 - Welcome to the show!

    0:45 - Raymond's Definition of Caregiving.

    2:15 - Why Should You Care?

    3:20 - The Financial Factor.

    4:08 - Three Things You Must Know About Caregiving.

    5:50 - Who Will Be Responsible?

    6:50 - Who's In Your Corner?

    8:10 - Where Do You Want Your Caregiving To Take Place.

    9:00 - Home vs. Facility.

    9:40 - Family Care Isn't Free?

    10:25 - Raymond's Quick Story About His Centenarian Mother.

    12:30 - Quality of Life...It's All About The Support

    13:50 - Essentials To Plan For Caregiving

    16:08 - Closing Remarks

    16:45 - How You Can Get in Touch With Raymond and Lavine LTC Benefits

    Connect with Raymond:

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    YouTube

    18 min

About Planning with Purpose

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Welcome to "Planning with Purpose: The Caregiver's Blueprint" with Raymond Lavine, the podcast where we explore the world of long-term care benefits and financial planning with the seasoned professional himself, Raymond Lavine.