Broussard’s supports families through educational seminars

Broussard’s Mortuary is sponsoring an advance planning seminar to help educate families in how to prepare for the unexpected. The seminar is free to anyone in the community and will feature experts in estate law, senior safety, and final expenses. Sessions will be held on Thursday, October 10th at Broussard’s Centre’, located at 1775 Calder, Beaumont, at 10:00 am and 6:00... Read More

Benefits of a Sanitary Bidet for Seniors

The “golden years” – these are supposed to be the years we get to enjoy ourselves. The kids are grown and gone, raising their own families. We’ve retired and are now able to actually enjoy the savings we’ve tucked away. Unfortunately, it’s also the time we discover a lot of new aches and pains in the form of arthritis, muscle and bone loss that simply come with age.... Read More

Retirement Estimator Helps you Figure your Social Security Benefit Amount, Even if you are already enrolled in Medicare

SETXSeniors.com Guest Columnist Oscar Garcia  is a Public Affairs Specialist with the Social Security Administration. You can direct your questions to him at: SSA, 411 Richland Hills Drive, San Antonio, Texas, 78245. You can also email him at Oscar.h.garcia@ssa.gov. Question: I am 65 and enrolled in Medicare. Can I still use the Social Security retirement estimator to figure my... Read More

Protecting and enhancing your vision with internal sunglasses

Protecting and enhancing your vision with internal sunglasses (ARA) – As we age, the quality of our vision can change, and for most of us that entails wearing glasses, contacts or maybe even undergoing surgical procedures. But did you know that your vision can improve through nutrition and supplementation? The back of the eye contains a film called macular pigment. This film... Read More

Walk to End Alzheimer’s Spirit Nights – 3 Dates in July To Help Support Southeast Texas Chapter

Help support the Beaumont Walk to End Alzheimer’s and eat some great food at the same time! Click the links for more information. – July 18 – Chick-fil-A  4050 Dowlen Road Just mention the Walk to End Alzheimer’s at purchase and Chick-fil-A will graciously donate a portion of the proceeds to help support the Alzheimer’s Association. – July... Read More

Attorney General Abbott Files Action to Halt Practices of Senior Dating Service in Beaumont Area

 (Houston ) Thursday, July 11, 2013. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today obtained a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against a specialized dating service that targeted senior citizens, disabled Texans and veterans. According to the State’s enforcement action, the defendants misled customers about the nature of the services and violated state debt collection... Read More

Beaumont Senior Expo – Tuesday Aug 20

  Free Admission to the Beaumont Senior Expo Tuesday August 20th at the Gloria Ramirez Neighborhood Resource Center 2850 Gulf Street in Beaumont  Read More

You Were Never Lovelier! – Free Movie night at McFaddin Ward

Make it a Movie night at the McFaddin Ward Visitor Center staring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in “You Were Never Lovelier”! Thursday, July 25, 2013 6:30 p.m. Free and open to everyone! In this fun movie from 1942 staring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth, tradition frustrates the Acunas family as the younger sisters are waiting for their older sister, Maria to settle down... Read More

Explore Washington DC with the Best Years Center

The Best Years Center Day Trips have been eagerly anticipated outings for local seniors for a long while. This year the Best Years Center  is stepping their trips up a pretty big notch by adding new vacations packages for seniors that bring them quite a ways from their homes in Southeast Texas. One of the trips will be to Washington DC, with the help from Travel with Collete... Read More

The Advantages of Harbor Home Health Care

You don’t have to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz to know there’s no place like home! There truly is no place like home. Harbor Home Health offers Southeast Texas seniors a way to stay in their own homes. The home most seniors have lived in for decades, with all of their things surrounding them, all of their memories still in tact. Home health care allows them to remain in... Read More

Are You Prepared to Live til 90?

While living to the age of 90 was once a rare feat, it is becoming increasingly common. You may be surprised to learn that the fastest growing demographic in the country is people over the age of 85. According to the latest life insurance mortality tables, 38 percent of men and half of women age 65 today can expect to live to the age of 90 or beyond. Being able to live a long and... Read More