Healthy ageing and aged care

Aiding local health and aged care services to care for people and residents in our communities

Healthy Ageing

Murray PHN funds a range of projects, programs and resources to assist health services, residential aged care facilities and older people in our communities to live well.

PHNs have a role in assisting residential aged care homes to:

  • use digital platforms and equipment to access services virtually i.e. through telehealth
  • have effective after hours action plans in place to reduce potentially unavoidable hospital admissions
  • provide training and education to increase the knowledge and skills of the workforce in caring for residents
  • improve the coordination of care, particularly between general practice and residents of aged care facilities i.e through the General Practice in Aged Care Incentive.

Support and resources for residential aged care

After hours toolkit – a guide for residential aged care homes

After hours toolkit – a guide for residential aged care homes
Aged care on-site pharmacist program

Aged care on-site pharmacist program
BERTIE (Better lives for residents through innovative education)

BERTIE (Better lives for residents through innovative education)
Digital health for aged care

Digital health for aged care
GP Aged Care Connect

GP Aged Care Connect
Lunch and Learn

Lunch and Learn
Psychological Therapy Services in residential aged care

Psychological Therapy Services in residential aged care
Residential in-reach services

Residential in-reach services
Telehealth training

Telehealth training

Services for community

Care Finder program

Care Finder program
Dementia

Dementia

You may also like to read our Murray Health Report on healthy ageing (May 2022).

Last Update: May 29th, 2025

Murray PHN acknowledges its catchment crosses over many unceded First Nations Countries, following the Dhelkunya Yaluk (Healing River).

We pay our respects and give thanks to the Ancestors, Elders and Young people for their nurturing, protection and caregiving of these sacred lands and waterways, acknowledging their continuing cultural, spiritual and educational practices.

We are grateful for the sharing of Country and the renewal that Country gives us. We acknowledge and express our sorrow that this sharing has come at a personal, spiritual and cultural cost to the wellbeing of First Nations peoples. We commit to addressing the injustices of colonisation across our catchment, and to listening to the wisdom of First Nations communities who hold the knowledge to enable healing. We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.