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January 2012 & Beyond

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January 1, 2012
Happy New Year!
Check out some New Year's resolutions that are popular year after year: Drink Less Alcohol, Get a Better Education, Get a Better Job, Get Fit, Lose Weight, Manage Debt, Manage Stress, Quit Smoking, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle, Save Money, Take a Trip and Volunteer to Help Others.
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January Article Highlights
From all about retirement to making ‘social security’ New Year’s resolutions, to Patty Duke turning 65 and applying online for social security and Medicare benefits, Part 3 of “Social Security Today – Plan Your Retirement” and “Help Someone This Martin Luther King, Jr. Day” – visit our article section and learn more!
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January 2012 Video Program from Health Aging Today
Medicare’s State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP).
Healthy Aging Today has produced an online video about Medicare’s State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP). The broadcast provides information to Medicare consumers about how the state programs operate, helping people understand Medicare and the options available within their state. Every state has a SHIP, funded through an annual grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that oversees the Medicare program.

Learn more – www.HealthyAgingToday.com

January Observances
National Clean Up Your Computer Month
It's Ok To Be Different Month
Crime Stoppers Month
National Book Month

Holidays & Celebrations in January
January 2nd - Swiss Cheese Day
January 5th - Second Hand Wardrobe Day
January 6th - Sherlock Holmes Day
January 8th - Bubble Bath Day
January 12th - National Pharmacists Day
January 16th – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 17th - Popeye's Birthday
January 21st - National Hugging Day

Enter story and photo contest! Contest ends January 15, 2012
National Council on Aging (NCOA)
NCOA is looking for compelling personal stories to demonstrate the value of falls prevention programs. Do you offer one in your community? If so, enter our contest—and you could win a cash prize. Entries must be stories and photos of individual seniors who have participated in an evidence-based falls prevention program and experienced an improved life as a result. The contest is sponsored by Humana, and the deadline is Jan. 15, 2012.
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January 9, 2012 – Monday
Lovin Life After 50 Expo – Tucson, Arizona
Location: Doubletree Hotel
Address: 445 South Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85711-4198
Lovin’ Life After 50 Expo is on January 18, 2012! Find Free Parking & Free Admission with over 60 exhibitors to show and explain their products and services to the 50-plus market. Hourly entertainment and door prize drawings. Visit website for more information.
www.lovinlifeafter50.com/expo

January 18, 2012 – Wednesday, 9:00AM - 2:00PM
Lovin Life After 50 Expo – Mesa, Arizona
Location: Mesa Convention Center
Address: 201 N Center Street, Mesa, AZ
Lovin’ Life After 50 Expo is on January 18, 2012! Find Free Parking & Free Admission with over 60 exhibitors to show and explain their products and services to the 50-plus market. Hourly entertainment and door prize drawings. Visit website for more information.
www.lovinlifeafter50.com/expo

January 18, 2012 – Wednesday, 9:00AM - 2:00PM
Lovin Life After 50 Expo – Sun City, Arizona
Location: Sundial Recreation Center
Address: 14801 N 103rd Ave, Sun City, AZ 85351
Lovin’ Life After 50 Expo is on January 18, 2012! Find Free Parking & Free Admission with over 60 exhibitors to show and explain their products and services to the 50-plus market. Hourly entertainment and door prize drawings. Visit website for more information.
www.lovinlifeafter50.com/expo

January 28 & 29, 2012
Myrtle Beach Expo: South Carolina’s Largest Retirement Expo Ever!
Location: Myrtle Beach Convention Center, South Carolina
For the 50+ Generation come and celebrate the anniversary of South Carolina's Largest Retirement Expo. This year's expo kicks off at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center on Saturday, January 28th, 2012 and goes until Sunday, January 29th, 2012. See old friends and make new ones in a wonderful convention environment (similar to all the conventions for various industries. You will find Continuous Live Entertainment, Health and Wellness Events, Golf Tips and Prizes, Over 100+ Fabulous Exhibits!, Amazing Demonstrations! And Lots of Discounts & Prizes! Look for our HEALTH & WELLNESS exhibitions featuring Free Medicare and Health Information, Health Tips and Advice and Learn Fitness Techniques.
www.seniorexpos.net/expodetails.php

February 2012

February 2012
Tax time is around the corner and AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is there to help low to moderate income seniors!
As in past years the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide, an AARP Foundation program, is offering low- to moderate-income taxpayers, especially those that are 60 years or older with assistance with tax services. The goal of this program is to ensure that low to moderate income taxpayers receive applicable tax credits and deductions. Visit the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program web page and review the services. Note that there is a link to search for AARP Foundation Tax-Aide location and information about the documents you will need. There is even information about volunteering your services.
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February 22, 2012 – Wednesday, 9:00AM – 1:00PM
2012 "All Things Senior" Expo & Tradeshow, Scottsdale, Arizona
Location: Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts
Address: 7380 East 2nd St, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Scottsdale Senior Services' first annual "All Things Senior" Expo & Tradeshow, held last February was a huge success! With over 1,500 local seniors in attendance, the event provided a phenomenal opportunity to connect with local services, products and companies. This year's event will feature an extensive collection of exhibitors and vendors who provide services and products to the senior and disabled populations. Looking for information about senior housing, recreation and wellness opportunities, transportation resources or health and wellness? The "All Things Senior" Expo & Tradeshow will provide a "one-stop-shop" for those looking to connect with valuable local resources. www.scottsdaleaz.gov/seniors/seniorexpo

May 11, 2012
Salute to Seniors from Colorado Gerontological Society
Location: Colorado Convention Center
Address: 700 14th St, Denver, CO 80202
The Salute to Seniors is the largest senior event and fair in the state of Colorado, and for over twenty years has been known as the premier event for seniors to combine information, education, entertainment and friendship. The Salute features over 100 exhibitors including representatives of long term care, health, entertainment, advance planning, banking, senior support, fitness, food assistance, leisure, pet services and many more. Live entertainment and activities throughout the day gives attendees plenty to do, from bingo to dance lessons, and from American bandstand to retro movies. The Salute also offers informational programs on topics like health care reform, how to plan for end of life, maximizing health and fitness and others.
Learn more about Salute to Seniors

May 12, 2012 - Saturday
Massachusetts Senior Move Expo - FREE One Day Senior Living Expo and Seminar Series
Location: Holiday Inn Convention Center, Boxborough, MA (I-495 Exit 28)
On Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 9 am to 4 pm at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Boxborough MA, Senior Move Expo will open as the first large-scale free consumer expo in Massachusetts to focus specifically on the issues surrounding the options available to seniors who need or want to make a change in their living status. Whether it’s Independent Living, Assisted Living, a Nursing Home, or In-home Health Care, the Expo will bring together in one setting the providers of available options for Massachusetts seniors and their families. Exhibitors will include: Assisted Living Communities, Independent living facilities, Senior Care Homes, In-Home housing support services, Senior specific moving and storage companies, Home Safety and Security providers, Hospitals, Financial Services and Senior focused real estate specialists
www.seniormoveexpo.com

May 16, 2012 – Wednesday, 10 am - 3 pm
"Ideas for Life" 2012 Senior Expo, Traverse City, Michigan
Location: Traverse City, Michigan
Senior Expo M.C. - Michael Sheehan
Come, enjoy and learn at the 2012 Ideas for Life Senior Expo. Find Ideas you need to know! This is the 11th year of providing this comprehensive resource of solutions for the changes (and perhaps even challenges) seniors and families will experience as they deal aging. We are blessed to live in a nation, which allows each of us to plan for and make good choices, for ourselves, and the people we love. Held in Traverse City, Michigan, this location is amazing with very user-friendly streetscape for its neighbors and guests. The area offers beautiful beaches, excellent restaurants, world-class entertainment, and blessings from Mother Nature, guaranteeing that this region is, and will remain, a retirement destination location. The folks in this room, and representatives of these companies, will help you take care of the people who are important to you!
www.tcseniorexpo.org

May 18 & 19, 2012, Friday & Saturday
Healthy Aging and Independent Living Expo – Two Day Event!
Location: Maryland State Fairgrounds, Timonium, Maryland
The World of Possibilities Disabilities, Healthy Aging and Independent Living Expo is Now Two Days! Event features include: Employ-Able Career Fair (Friday only), Walk & Roll-a-thon (Saturday Morning), Notice Me! Tour, Free Wheelchair repair and much, much more! We are expecting 3,000 to 5,000 attendees at the May 2012. This event will provide an opportunity for you to enhance your knowledge and to explore the latest and greatest products, services, technology and resources that include: Assistive and Adaptive Devices, Durable Medical Equipment, Computer Software, Instructional Materials, Mobility Products, Adaptive Learning Tools, Disability Law Resources, Recreation/Travel Resources, Adapted Bikes/Adapted Exercise Equipment, Personal Care Products, Communication Devices, Products for the Visually Impaired and/or Deaf or Hard of Hearing and much more! PLEASE START SPREADING THE WORD. Incredible educational experience, great networking opportunity and FUN!! For more info contact Caring Communities, Inc. at 866-227-4644 and visit our website.
www.expo.caringcommunities.org

July 7-11, 2012
n4a Presents Answers on Aging Annual Conference & Tradeshow
Denver, Colorado
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) Annual Conference and Tradeshow offers research, workshops, training and ongoing collaboration that facilitate initiatives to make communities across the nation good places in which to grow up and grow old.
www.n4a.org

August 21 & 22, 2012 – Tuesday & Wednesday
The 17th Annual Senior Lifestyle Expo
Location: Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace
The Northeastern Illinois Agency on Aging will host the 17th Annual Senior Lifestyle Expo at the Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace on August 21 and 22, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This past year’s expo attracted over 4,200 adults and their families. With the support of our sponsors – Humana, AARP and the Chicagoland Senior News, the 16th Annual Senior Lifestyle Expo was the place for Chicago area seniors to receive cutting edge information on a wide range of products and services and have a lot of fun! The 2011 Expo featured over 100 exhibitors, an entertainment stage, health and wellness info, interactive activities and educational seminars. Back again, the Expo hosted its Senior Idol competition where talented 60+ year olds sang, danced and entertained their way onto the Drury Lane stage to win adulation from the audience and cash prizes to boot!
Learn More about 17th Annual Senior Lifestyle Expo

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