The Ninth Annual Senior Expo, sponsored by the Observer & Eccentric Newspapers, Comfort Dental Spa, Schoolcraft College and the VisTaTech Center, will be held Tuesday, May 22, 2012, from 9 a.m - 2 p.m. in the VisTaTech Center on Schoolcraft's main campus in Livonia, Haggerty Road between Six and Seven Mile Roads.

Numerous workshops covering such topics as financial security and investing, healthy eating and physical health, and assisted living options are scheduled throughout the day and dozens of organizations will be on hand sharing information. The Senior Expo is free and open to the public.

In addition to the workshops and displays, there will be drawings for prizes, refreshments in the morning and parking is free. 

Workshops will include 

Oral Health is Overall Health
Comfort Dental Spa

Long Term Retirement Planning: How to Ensure Your Finances Will Last 30 Years Into Retirement
Rick Bloom, Bloom Asset Management, Inc.

Medical Fraud
The Senior Alliance

Diabetic Care
Garden City Hospital

Fall Prevention
The Recovery Project

Savvy Social Security Planning
AFS Wealth Management, LLC

Ways to Manage Back and Neck Pain
HealthQuest

The ABC of Conservative Investing
Bouchey and Moore, Associates

Healthy Eating for Healthy Aging
Priority Health

Long Term Care Insurance
Richmond Financial, LLC

Estate Planning
Gaggos Law Firm, P.C.

The Effects of Aging on Hearing
Fluke Hearing Instruments

Sleep Like a Baby Again
Manoogian Manor Assisted Living for Seniors

Assessing Quality Home Care Services
Affordable HomeCare

Medicare 101
Area Agency on Aging I-B

Is Grief Really Good, Charlie Brown?
Angela Hospice

Zumba Gold; Strength Training for Seniors/Fit as a Fiddle; Fitness Demonstration; and Chair Yoga
Schoolcraft College

Click here to see a video from the 2011 Senior Expo event.