About

The Aging Matters Education and Expo event is designed to educate older adults, their adult children, family caregivers and service providers about resources, services and critical issues to ensure those we love age with dignity and choice.

Now in its 9th year, the event is produced by the Detroit Caregivers Support Collaborative whose founding goal was, and continues today, to connect Metro-Detroit families to the aging network of service delivery.

The collaborative includes: Bridging Communities Inc., Neighborhood Legal Services Michigan - Elder Law & Advocacy Center, Southeast Michigan Senior Regional Collaborative, and Urban Aging News.

Aging well is an intentional choice that requires planning and information-seeking before a medical event. The Aging Matters Education & Expo event promises tools for both.
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Guest Speakers

Raymond A. Jetson
​Raymond A. Jetson is AARP’s 2022 Purpose Prize winner for his discourse on the intersection of race and age. The founder of Aging While Black is a national leader centering and amplifying Black people’s perspectives and experiences as they age.  Jetson c​eates programs for collective learning, and works to address systemic inequities faced by Black older adults. A stellar career in community building and healing, Jetson is a former Louisiana state representative, deputy secretary for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, and pastor of the Star Hill Baptist Church for 23 years.
Marilyn French Hubbard, PhD
Dr. French Hubbard, thought leader and change agent, is a retired healthcare executive and founder of the National Association of Black Women Entrepreneurs. She is the visionary of Living Our Legacies, a later life and legacy planning initiative creating cultures, communities and congregations who embrace self-care and planning for the realities of family caregiving and end of life.

Conference - August 1, 2024

Conference Photos

Dinner Photos

Conference Sponsors

Thank you to all the sponsors!

  • Aarolyn's House of Hope Organ Transplant Services
  • Aetna Healthcare
  • Allegria Village Housing
  • Alter™: Faith-Based Dementia Program
  • Alzheimer's Association MI Chapter
  • Better Business Bureau
  • Breast & Cervical Cancer Control Program
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan
  • Bridging Communities Inc.
  • Captel Captioned Telephones
  • Caregiver Research & Occupational Therapy Tools for Daily Living
  • Chalgrian & Tripp Law Offices
  • CHN: Detroit Homeowners Assistance
  • Clear Captions Captioned Telephones
  • Center for Clinical Outcomes/Application Research Studies
  • Detroit Housing/Revitalization Dept.
Free Estate Planning & Will Preparation
  • City of Detroit-Digital Equity & Inclusion
  • City of Detroit Police Department
  • Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance
  • DAAA-Medicare & Medicaid Assistance/Benefits Navigation & Access
  • Detroit Area Agency on Aging-Caregiver Coordination
  • Dedicated Senior Medical Center
  • Detroit Family Caregivers' Project
  • Detroit Right to Council Coalition
  • Empower My Future Digital Literacy
  • Fair Housing Center of Metro Detroit​
  • Forever Fresh Disposable Undergarments
  • Foundation for POPS Veteran/Financial Stability Services
  • Genesis Hope Community Development Corp.
  • HandyPro Handyman Services
  • Hannan Center
  • Henry Ford Health-Caregiver Assistance
  • Lakeshore Legal Aid
  • Leap for Joy Children’s Books
  • U of M Alzheimer’s Disease Center
  • MiGen Michigan LGBTQ+ Elder Network
  • Molina Healthcare
  • Neighborhood Legal Services-Elder Law & Advocacy Center
  • NY MI Solutions Journalism Collaborative
  • PACE of Southeast Michigan
  • Presbyterian Villages of MI
  • Priority Health
  • Safe Haven Home Care Services, Inc.
  • Seniors Real Estate Specialist, Keller Williams
  • SE Michigan Senior Regional Collaborative
  • STEPS Study/U of M
  • STOMA (Ostomy Assistance & Supplies)
  • Team Suzy Foundation (Caregiver Grants) & Eldercare & Caregiver Solutions
  • Universal Dementia Caregiver Training
  • United Healthcare
  • Virtual Dialysis Support Center​