Hello, I'm Trish Halpin and I'm Lorraine Candy.

Welcome to Postcards from Mid Life,

to show where we help you through the Mid Life, the Menopause,

Motherhood, and everything in between.

In this episode we're going to be talking about a really big and important issue, how to cope with aging parents.

Today we have Jane Caldwell from Age UK who supported her own mother Olivia through

Alzheimer's and she's going to be answering a lot of the questions you've sent and

a lot that Trish and I have to ask as well. We're also going to be discussing the moment your kids

utter the sentence every parent is going to encounter at some point. Can we

get a dog? Can we get a dog? Can we get a dog? Can we get a dog?

Endless snagging about that one.

So how it changes the fine family dynamic

if you do bring a four-legged furry friend

into your life, because we both got dogs,

and we love them.

I have Pixel the Welsh Terrier, who's. Yeah and I've got Brydy the Black Labrador who's two and a half. We love her. First though we're going to be talking about fashion, personal style and whether or not it might change as we get older.

So Lorraine, how would you describe your style?

Well, my style's been heavily influenced by my actual job which is actual fashion.

So I have a kind of constant set of advice around me

from the lovely stylists and fashion editors that I've got.

So it does kind of influence how you dress when you work in fashion but also as you get older

you're influenced by what fits what you're comfortable with comfortable

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