Senior Lifestyle Expo offered in Oak Brook
Submitted by Northeastern Illinois Area Agency on Aging
Get connected by attending Chicagoland’s largest senior expo.
More than 4,500 people are expected to attend the 17th annual Senior Lifestyle Expo for seniors, families, friends and caregivers. The two-day event, Aug. 21-22, benefits Holiday Meals on Wheels and will feature live entertainment, health and wellness info, interactive activities, educational seminars and 100-plus local organizations and companies.
“The Senior Idol” and “Connecting the Generations Through Writing Challenge” competitions also return, with talented amateurs ages 60 and older singing, dancing and entertaining their way onto the Drury Lane main stage to win cash prizes.
It also will feature the first Senior Lifestyle Expo Food Drive. The Agency on Aging has partnered with the “Stop Senior Hunger” campaign, a Comfort Keepers initiative to organize the first food drive at the expo.
Donation boxes for nonperishables will be at the Drury Lane-Oakbrook Terrace entrance during the two-day 2012 Senior Lifestyle Expo. For details, visit www.seniorlifestyleexpo.org/Nutrition_Insert2.pdf.
A free educational seminar, “Memory As We Age,” offering information and insights about dementia, will be held after the opening day of the Senior Lifestyle Expo from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21.
Neurologist Zoran Grujic, M.D., of Central DuPage Hospital will keynote the event, which will begin with light refreshments at 6 p.m., followed by the educational presentation at 6:30 p.m.
Dr. Grujic is double board-certified in neurology and sleep medicine. Contact the Northeastern Illinois Agency on Aging with questions or to reserve a spot.
The 2012 Senior Lifestyle Expo, hosted by the nonprofit Northeastern Illinois Area Agency on Aging, is sponsored by AAA and the American Association of Retired Persons.
It will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, and Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the Drury Lane Theatre & Conference Center, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. Admission is $3 per person at the door or $2 with the $1-off coupon available at www.SeniorLifestylExpo.org.
For a free ticket to this year’s expo, complete the online survey at www.seniorlifestyleexpo.org/?p=27.
The Aug. 21 evening seminar on dementia is free and advance registration is requested. Contact the Northeastern Illinois Area Agency on Aging, (800) 528-2000 toll-free or (630) 293-5990, or email mimis@ageguide.org.
For information, visit www.SeniorLifestyleExpo.org or follow them on www.Twitter.com/SrLifestyleExpo.