New Assisted Living Facility at Sam Rayburn – Lakeside Lodge Brookeland

Lakeside Lodge at Sam Rayburn Assisted Living – Respite Care – Home Away from Home Are you looking for a little extra care without giving up any of the comforts or luxury of home? Welcome to the elegant Lakeside Lodge. Tucked onto a lovely isthmus on beautiful Lake Sam Rayburn, Lakeside Lodge is a blessing for East Texas senior citizens. The elegant home offers private rooms and couples suites. Have you been living on the lake and don’t want... Read More

Thank-you to Vietnam Veterans of America Inc. Southeast Texas Chapter 292

Texas Veteran Organizations: Beaumont Port Arthur Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc. Southeast Texas Chapter: 292 We’d like to thank all of our Southeast Texas Veterans and our Vietnam Veterans of America Inc. Southeast Texas Chapter 292. This is a special organization for Southeast Texas Vietnam Veterans. Not only did they sacrifice for our nation with their military service, they continue to actively improve our community with their projects,... Read More

SETX Senior News: New Book Guides Southeast Texas Senior Citizens on How to Leave a Written Legacy

SETX Texas Senior News Learn to preserve your legacy for future generations Our Southeast Texas senior readers have lived rich lives – and have lots of stories inside. Too often, our best stories stay locked inside our minds and don’t outlive us. Sometimes in interviewing Southeast Texas seniors for our SETX Seniors Magazine and SETXSeniors.com we hear stories local seniors have never shared with their families. Wouldn’t it be wonderful... Read More

Black History Month Beaumont TX – Remembering Lewis Howard Latimer

Black History Month in Southeast Texas Remembering Black Inventor Lewis Howard Latimer Black History Month Beaumont TX – Meet Lewis Howard Latimer the African American inventor who helped Thomas Edison invent the light bulb and Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone. Thomas Edison is credited with the invention of the light bulb and is perhaps the most famous of the American inventors. Alexander Graham Bell is known as the father of the telephone... Read More

Southeast Texas Black History Facts and Fashion – How Did the Expression “Real McCoy” Originate?

Black History in the Golden Triangle Remembering the Black Inventor Elijah McCoy On today’s edition of Southeast Texas Black History Facts and Fashion we look at the Black inventor who inspired the term “Real McCoy”. Inventor Elijah McCoy was born in Canada to parents who had fled from Slavery in the United States. Elijah McCoy’s parents arranged for him to go to Scotland at 15 to train as an engineer. When he returned, he did not find companies... Read More

Southeast Texas Senior News – You Can Be an Organ Donor

Golden Triangle Senior News Organ Donor Information On today’s edition of Southeast Texas Senior News, we’re excited to bring you information about organ donation. With 1.5 million Texans signed up to be organ and tissue donors, and with donations endorsed by everyone from elected officials to businesses to the faith community, folks who need transplants have no cause for concerns about availability — right? Not quite, says Michele Goddard... Read More

Black History Month Beaumont TX – Do you know Dr. Charles Richard Drew?

Black History Month in Beaumont Remembering Dr. Charles Richard Drew Have you or a loved one received a blood transfusion after an accident? They just may owe their lives to this ground breaking African American Doctor, Charles Drew. DREW, CHARLES RICHARD Dr. Charles Richard Drew (1904-1950) was an American medical doctor and surgeon who started the idea of a blood bank and a system for the long term preservation of blood plasma (he found that plasma... Read More

East Texas Senior Living – Lakeside Lodge at Sam Rayburn

Upscale Senior Apartments Near Jasper TX Lakeside Lodge at Sam Rayburn Many seniors would love to live at the lake. Lakeside Lodge offers an attractive boutique senior community right on the shores of the lake – you actually will have lake views on three sides. Do you enjoy entertaining family? Staff can cook for you or you have full use of the fully equipped chef’s kitchen – and outdoor grilling area. Did you always want to teach a grandchild... Read More

East Texas Veteran Organizations – Meet American Legion Post 78

East Texas Veteran Groups – American Legion Post 78 Would you like to join a great group of fellow veterans? In the Lake Sam Rayburn / Toledo Bend area, American Legion Post 78 is a great organization. Click here for more information about American Legion Post 78 in Jasper.   Daryl Fant, Host Texas Senior Event Series (512) 567-8068 SETXAdvertising@gmail.com        Read More

Organ Donation and Southeast Texas Senior Citizens

Senior Health News Organ and Tissue Donation in Southeast Texas Many of our Southeast Texas senior readers have asked for information on organ donation. Some have expressed concern that their age may disqualify them from becoming organ donors. In most cases this is an unfounded fear- Southeast Texas seniors actually are quite valued as donors of organs, tissues, and eyes. With 1.5 million Texans signed up to be organ and tissue donors, and with donations... Read More

Southeast Texas Senior News- Growing Demand Makes Organ Donation an Urgent Need

Senior News – Southeast Texas and Lufkin Region Senior Organ Donors are in High Demand On today’s edition of Southeast Texas Senior News, we look at organ donation. Many SETX seniors think they aren’t able to donate their organs because of age – not true. With 1.5 million Texans signed up to be organ and tissue donors, and with donations endorsed by everyone from elected officials to businesses to the faith community, folks... Read More

Southeast Texas Senior News “Unburied Treasure: A Guide to Leaving Your Legacy”

Inspiration for Seniors in East Texas and The Golden Triangle Make Sure YOUR Story Lives On On today’s Southeast Texas senior news, we look at our Southeast Texas senior legacies- preserving our stories for family and for future generations. We have so many stories to tell – and too often our stories do not outlive us. At SETX Seniors  Magazine and SETXSeniors.com we love telling your stories – but we know you have so much more... Read More

Senior Services for East Texas and The Golden Triangle

Senior Services Guide – Southeast Texas Region When we get a little older, we can all use a little help. Stay tuned year round to SETXSeniors.com for the latest resources and information. Here are some valuable resources we think all of our readers should know about. Meals and Transportation for Seniors: Nutrition Services for Seniors Meals are available for home delivery, but many local senior citizens prefer to come to local senior centers... Read More

Southeast Texas Hospice Providers – Best Hospice Care of Texas

Southeast Texas Hospice Providers – Best Hospice Care of Texas Meet them in person at the Port Arthur Senior Expo on Wednesday September 12, 2018 Are you looking for a locally owned hospice agency with an experienced staff, dedicated to providing the highest level of Southeast Texas senior care? Best Hospice Care of Texas would love to talk with you at the Port Arthur Senior Expo. Their Southeast Texas hospice experts will be on hand to: Conduct... Read More

Beaumont Senior News – Senior Organ Donors ARE Welcome

Southeast Texas Health News Did you know seniors are eligible to be organ donors? Today’s Beaumont Senior News highlights information around organ donation. Many Southeast Texas seniors believe they aren’t eligible to be organ donors, but in most cases that isn’t true. SETX seniors are welcome to become organ donors. With 1.5 million Texans signed up to be organ and tissue donors, and with donations endorsed by everyone from elected... Read More

SETX Senior News – Coping with Hearing Loss in a Social Setting

Senior Health News for Southeast Texas Coping with Hearing Loss in Social Settings On this edition of SETX Senior News, we look at issues surrounding hearing loss. For most of us, ignoring hearing loss is easier when we’re alone. We can turn up the volume on the TV or radio as loud as we want (disclaimer- mine is turned up pretty loud now!), and when alone we don’t have to ask anyone to repeat what they just said. But how do Southeast... Read More