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The Kaye Adams Programme: Communal living for the over-50s, Career changes, Ditching the handbag

18/09/2017

Communal living for the over-50s, Career changes, Ditching the handbag

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kaye Adams Programme, Communal living for the over-50s, Career changes, Ditching the handbag

Is communal living the way forward for the over-50s?

Kaye Adams with the stories making the news. Is communal living the way forward for the over-50s? Staying together for the sake of the pets, and is it time to ditch the handbag?

Scotland's first co-living community for over-50s is set to be built by the end of next year.
The set-up is based on similar American models and is aimed at divorcees, widowers and those would benefit from communal living to combat loneliness, but who are not ready for the 'regime' of retirement housing.
Is communal living the way forward for the over-50s?

Kaye speaks to the parents of a young Scottish man who died in a New Zealand mine 7 years ago. Malcolm and Jane Campbell are still fighting to get their son's body home.

We're used to hearing about couples staying together for the sake of the kids but, according to a new survey, 15% of people said they stayed in a failing relationship because of their pets! And in the event of a break-up, who gets the pet? Sarah Macleod said her dog made a break-up even more difficult. Liz Fraser is a relationship expert.

We hear from the Edinburgh florist who's been leaving bouquets in random spots across the capital to bring some joy to strangers. Ann McGinlay joins Kaye in studio along with Arlene Fernandez who found Ann's flowers.

Have you dreamed about changing your career? Why did you do it and has it made you happier? Dr Neil Robson hung up his lab coat, retired to a shipping container in Glasgow Barrowlands and created one of the world's first healthy lactose-free milk chocolate bars. And former court shorthand Aileen Toynton was so fed up of the doggy baths following walks with her beloved Toto that she created a line of dog-specific clothing which is taking the world by storm. Jane Wylie-Roberts is Chief Executive of Staffinders Recruitment and Kingpin International Recruitment.

Novelist Amanda Craig has written about why she'll never carry a handbag again - could you be persuaded?

A study from America indicates that children who owned mobile phones were significantly more likely to be cyberbullied. What age is the right age to allow your child to have their own phone?

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