Ep 009 The Experience of Domestic Abuse in Mid & Later Life with Carrie Bower

Statistics about the numbers of women who experience domestic abuse only takes us so far. How do we understand what’s really happening, especially for women in mid and later life?

The power of story telling shouldn’t be under estimated. Carrie Bower understands this and her blog, podcast and website are an amazing resource for anyone who wants to dive in. It’s probably not what you would expect. It contains many hopeful stories. There’s nothing else like it.

Expect to hear more about Carrie’s own personal journey & the effect her content has had on others. Carrie ‘feels lighter’ having expressed herself this way. And I felt lighter at the end of this conversation. I hope you do too. About Carrie Bower: Carrie is the Domestic Abuse Lead at Age UK, a national charity for older people. Her role includes leading Age UK’s domestic abuse policy, and providing training and resources to Age UK employees, volunteers and the older people using Age UK services. Carrie was instrumental in Age UK’s report No Age Limit: The Hidden Face of Domestic Abuse which along with other campaigning, resulted in the ONS removing the upper age limit, in the domestic abuse crime survey data collection. Outside her role at Age UK, Carrie writes a blog knowyourplace.uk and hosts a podcast Let's Get Visible which focuses on raising the visibility of women in mid and later life who are or have been affected by trauma and domestic abuse. About Donna Ohdedar: Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children’s and adults’ safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers ‘SILP School’ her university accredited training course, Momentum her space for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice.

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