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Stay Engaged at the
Senior Lifestyle Expo
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For the past 25 years, AgeGuide has hosted the Senior Lifestyle Expo. This year, due to COVID-19, the Senior Lifestyle Expo will be changing course and going virtual!
The Expo will be held on Tuesday, August 18 and Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Join us in “Navigating Aging” from the comfort of your own home. This year's Expo is FREE but registration is required! Register now!
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This is truly an event not to be missed for older adults and the wide variety of senior friendly businesses and organizations throughout Chicagoland! The Senior Lifestyle Expo provides the ultimate marketplace showcasing all of the best products, services available to older adults. Attendees will have the opportunity to attend educational seminars, engage in some fabulous entertainment, visit virtual exhibit booths and more!
Each day there will be a Tele-Town Hall at 10 AM hosted and sponsored by AARP! Tuesday's Town Hall will feature Paula Basta, Director of the Illinois Department on Aging, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health and Marla Fronczak, CEO of AgeGuide. Stay tuned for information on Wednesday's Town Hall! Join us for in depth conversations on issues concerning older adults. Call 1-866-383-2767 to listen live!
This years Expo is sponsored by AARP, AAA, ComEd, Aetna, Seniors Blue Book and Senior News 50 and Better!
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Connect with Others Virtually
at the Memory Cafe
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A Memory Café is a welcoming place for individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease or any other form of dementia, or other brain disorders. Additionally, it is helpful for people with all forms of mild cognitive impairment. Caregivers & loved ones living with mild cognitive impairment are invited to attend this virtual social event together. |
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Tuesday, August 18 at 12 PM - Love to sing? Get ready to have some fun! The Good Memories Sing-along Café is an hour of fun and song. This cafe features the music of beloved American composer and songwriter, Cole Porter. Many of his songs became standards, noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in film. This sing-along is led by Paul Langford, a renowned singer, arranger, conductor, keyboard player, and producer who has performed for two U.S. presidents and collaborated with the likes of Kenny Rogers, Josh Groban, and Celine Dion along with symphony orchestras across the country. Paul is one of the leaders of the weekly Good Memories Sing-Along Café which takes place on Zoom this summer and fall, partially sponsored by AgeGuide.
Wednesday, August 19 at 12 PM - Travel to the Beach with the Gail Borden Library and Guest Author Ralph Fletcher. Just a few words and lines on the page and participants are transported to the beach. The café focuses on a book of poems all centered around one day at the beach where the words used to describe the feeling of the air, water, sound and surf transports participants to a calm and serene destination.
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Senior Lifestyle Expo Entertainment Stage |
Tuesday, August 18
11 AM - Andy Head "Wild & Wacky Juggler
1 PM - Jimmy Mac
3:30 PM - Good Memories Choir Performance
Wednesday, August 19
11 AM - Jasmine + Perona
12 PM - Mo Beats Showcase
2 PM - Rick Lindy
3:30 PM - Good Memories Choir
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Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) |
The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is an employment training program for individual’s ages 55 years and better. The program provides participants 20 hours per week of on-the-job training opportunities, at local nonprofits or government agencies, that assist in the development of new and marketable job skills to help you re-enter the workforce. All program participants receive a subsidized hourly wage for training to help offset costs associated with travel to and from their training sites. If you are interested in more information or enrolling in SCSEP, please contact Glenda Love at the AgeGuide at 630-293-5990. |
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Do You Want to Become an Advocate for Seniors? |
Senior Medicare Patrol volunteers work with seniors to ensure fewer people are victims of health care fraud. Volunteers help spread the message of Protect, Detect, and Report through presentations, attending community events and one-on-one counseling.
If you would like to become a Senior Medicare Patrol volunteer and fight health care fraud in your community, call Glenda Love at 630-293-5990.
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As AgeGuide, we use our role as advocates for older adults to promote and elevate policies and programs that support older adults and their caregivers and effectively address the needs of an aging America.
Want to stay up to date on the latest legislation at the Federal level that affects older adults and the critical services we provide? Read more on our blog.
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Join Our Team &
Make a Difference
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AgeGuide Northeastern Illinois is looking for candidates who are interested in joining our Board of Directors or Advisory Council! |
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Candidates should be interested in current issues facing the aging network and older adults, have a desire to make the public aware of services available to older adults, work or reside in the county they represent, advocate and provide feedback to AgeGuide and the community it serves and be an unbiased voice for program development and resource distribution.
Persons with the ability to attend meetings, an annual meeting and AgeGuide events (in 2021) are encouraged to fill out an application and email it to info@ageguide.org
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Board of Directors Vacancies
Grundy County
Kendall County
Lake County
McHenry County
Will County
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Advisory Council Vacancies
DuPage County
Kane County
Kankakee County
Lake County
McHenry County
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AgeGuide Northeastern Illinois was established in 1974. Services funded or coordinated by AgeGuide meet the diverse needs of the most rapidly growing population in Illinois. Over 700,000 seniors age 60 and over live in the agency's eight-county service area:
DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties
1910 S. Highland Ave, Suite 100
Lombard, IL 60148
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