{"id":1534,"date":"2019-07-04T14:43:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T18:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2022-10-03T16:10:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T16:10:49","slug":"when-age-is-just-a-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/","title":{"rendered":"When Age is Just a Number"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-158\" src=\"http:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/07\/Lou-Hollander.jpg\" alt=\"Lou Hollander\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lou Hollander, Resident of Hazelton Place Retirement Residence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hazelton Place Retirement Residence is proud to congratulate our resident, Lou Hollander, on completing his bachelor\u2019s degree with Majors in History and Political Science from the University of Toronto. He is believed to be the oldest University of Toronto graduate in 2019 at the age of 84. After a successful career in Business, Lou decided to go back to school and in 1995 he enrolled at the University of Toronto to pursue yet another degree.<\/p>\n<p>Lou\u2019s early career started with a factory cleaning job after which he moved on to research and then administration and the commercial side of the business. Lou received his first university degree in Chemical Engineering from McGill University in 1956. After working for a few years and saving money, he enrolled at Western University and successfully completed Master of Business Administration Degree in 1959. While initially being successful in the Chemical Engineering field, Lou\u2019s interest was neither chemistry nor engineering, his whole life was in numbers, as he has always loved mathematics.<\/p>\n<p>Lou\u2019s decision to pursue a B.A. degree was largely influenced by the desire to step away from numbers, analysis and business. He was determined to gain a new perspective on the world. Nevertheless, his decision to combine courses in History and Political Science can, in fact, be called a strategic move. According to Lou, such combination gave him the ability to explore the world around us and materials on a much deeper and more advanced level.<\/p>\n<p>During his studies, Lou travelled around the globe to explore continents and countries he was studying. Thus, he spent a month in China, three weeks in India, as well as visiting different places in Western Europe. While not related to his areas of study, subjects of interest for Lou also included courses in Astronomy, Sociology and Philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>While Lou\u2019s family may use him as a role model for his grandchildren, he does not believe himself to be one: \u201cSome people believe that being older means being smarter, I do not agree with that at all. In fact, people get stuck because they think that being older, so they know everything. Actually, by doing so, they are showing the opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lou\u2019s ability to get along with his classmates, who were the age of his grandchildren, comes from his easy-going personality and outstanding listening skills. He enjoys going out for lunch or grabbing a cup of tea with his fellow classmates and with his grandchildren: \u201cI do a lot of listening and I never talk down to them. I think this is why I get along with them so well\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The most rewarding moments of his recent University education for Lou have been going to school, walking down the street from Hazelton Place, being in the midst of the buildings, the architecture, lecture halls, and enjoying chats in the University cafeterias.<\/p>\n<p>Lou is looking forward to continuing his studies in the upcoming years. He is currently most interested in courses offered by the English Department. Lou\u2019s passion for lifelong learning is a reminder for everyone that there is always room for working on yourself and challenging your perspectives. Lou\u2019s story is both exciting and inspirational to residents and staff at Hazelton Place Retirement Residence.<\/p>\n<h6>Author:<\/h6>\n<h6>Tetyana Bozhahora<\/h6>\n<h6>Marketing Coordinator<\/h6>\n<h6>Hazelton Place Retirement Residence<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hazelton Place Retirement Residence is proud to congratulate our resident, Lou Hollander, on completing his bachelor\u2019s degree with Majors in History and Political Science from the University of Toro  &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspired-senior-living","category-residents-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>When Age is Just a Number - Verve Senior Living Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When Age is Just a Number\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hazelton Place Retirement Residence is proud to congratulate our resident, Lou Hollander, on completing his bachelor\u2019s degree with Majors in History and Political Science from the University of Toro ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Verve Senior Living Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-04T18:43:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-03T16:10:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/07\/Lou-Hollander.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bryan G\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bryan G\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/when-age-is-just-a-number\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/when-age-is-just-a-number\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bryan G\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fb3fce3e29b50a9de2998b349b2272be\"},\"headline\":\"When Age is Just a Number\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-04T18:43:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-03T16:10:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/when-age-is-just-a-number\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":569,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/when-age-is-just-a-number\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/41\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/Lou-Hollander.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Inspired Senior Living\",\"Residents' Stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/when-age-is-just-a-number\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/when-age-is-just-a-number\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/when-age-is-just-a-number\\\/\",\"name\":\"When Age is Just a Number - Verve Senior Living Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/when-age-is-just-a-number\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/when-age-is-just-a-number\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/41\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/Lou-Hollander.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-04T18:43:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-03T16:10:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fb3fce3e29b50a9de2998b349b2272be\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/when-age-is-just-a-number\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/when-age-is-just-a-number\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/when-age-is-just-a-number\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/41\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/Lou-Hollander.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/41\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/Lou-Hollander.jpeg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":480},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/when-age-is-just-a-number\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"When Age is Just a Number\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Verve Senior Living Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fb3fce3e29b50a9de2998b349b2272be\",\"name\":\"Bryan G\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/64db0e81acb307e9937b2d846483def494c32a900368172f6ac854882fd07e93?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/64db0e81acb307e9937b2d846483def494c32a900368172f6ac854882fd07e93?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/64db0e81acb307e9937b2d846483def494c32a900368172f6ac854882fd07e93?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bryan G\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/verveseniorliving.com\\\/news-events-blog\\\/author\\\/mdp-admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"When Age is Just a Number - Verve Senior Living Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"When Age is Just a Number","og_description":"Hazelton Place Retirement Residence is proud to congratulate our resident, Lou Hollander, on completing his bachelor\u2019s degree with Majors in History and Political Science from the University of Toro ...","og_url":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/","og_site_name":"Verve Senior Living Blog","article_published_time":"2019-07-04T18:43:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-10-03T16:10:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":480,"url":"http:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/07\/Lou-Hollander.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bryan G","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bryan G","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/"},"author":{"name":"Bryan G","@id":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fb3fce3e29b50a9de2998b349b2272be"},"headline":"When Age is Just a Number","datePublished":"2019-07-04T18:43:33+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-03T16:10:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/"},"wordCount":569,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/07\/Lou-Hollander.jpeg","articleSection":["Inspired Senior Living","Residents' Stories"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/","url":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/","name":"When Age is Just a Number - Verve Senior Living Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/07\/Lou-Hollander.jpeg","datePublished":"2019-07-04T18:43:33+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-03T16:10:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fb3fce3e29b50a9de2998b349b2272be"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/07\/Lou-Hollander.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/07\/Lou-Hollander.jpeg","width":640,"height":480},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/when-age-is-just-a-number\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"When Age is Just a Number"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/","name":"Verve Senior Living Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fb3fce3e29b50a9de2998b349b2272be","name":"Bryan G","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64db0e81acb307e9937b2d846483def494c32a900368172f6ac854882fd07e93?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64db0e81acb307e9937b2d846483def494c32a900368172f6ac854882fd07e93?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64db0e81acb307e9937b2d846483def494c32a900368172f6ac854882fd07e93?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bryan G"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/verveseniorliving.com"],"url":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/author\/mdp-admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1534"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4347,"href":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534\/revisions\/4347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}