A love of learning can enliven the golden years

Jeff Heim, 80, was admittedly not a pleasure to be around shortly after he retired in 2003. “I was annoying, the first three to five years,“ said Heim, who lives in West Chester. “I had nothing to do”. That all changed after he met a friend through his church who recommended he help teach a course to other seniors through the national organization for learning, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, known as OLLI. Heim was a retired high school history teacher, so this seemed like a good opportunity to him. The...