Carrie Bower is a registered social worker and has over 25 years’ experience working with older adults in a local authority, the NHS and the voluntary sector. Carrie’s role as Safeguarding Manager & Domestic Abuse Lead at Age UK includes providing safeguarding advice to all services across the charity, delivering internal training and external speaking on the topic of domestic abuse in later life. Carrie has a specialist interest in domestic abuse and leads on Age UK’s domestic abuse policy for staff, volunteers and Age UK beneficiaries.