1,500+

Episodes of care delivered across participating residential aged care homes

300

People connected with around 40 local services and organisations at the Wise + Well Seniors Expo

90+

People across five communities participated in ageism awareness workshops

Healthy ageing and palliative care

Supporting people to age well means helping them stay connected, informed and able to access the care they need while respecting their choices, experience and independence.

Across the region throughout 2025-2026, MPHN worked with older people, communities, providers and partners to tackle some of the practical challenges of ageing in a regional setting. This included redesigning primary care for residential aged care homes in thin markets, making services and support easier to navigate through the Wise + Well Seniors Expo, and challenging ageism by taking conversations about respect and inclusion directly into communities.

The result is a practical, locally informed approach that supports older adults to live well, maintain their independence and remain part of the communities they know.

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Local solutions to rural aged care challenges

When the first solution doesn’t work, sometimes the answer is to go back to the very people the solution is trying to help. During 2025-2026, MPHN did exactly that to improve primary care access for older people living in residential aged care homes in some of the Murrumbidgee’s thinnest healthcare markets.

Wise + Well puts information within reach

Navigating aged care and finding the right health and community supports can be challenging. The 2026 Wise + Well Seniors Expo made that process a little easier by bringing information, services and people together under one roof.

Earlier conversations, better choices

Palliative care is about much more than a person’s final days. Yet a comprehensive new Health Needs Assessment (HNA) developed by MPHN in 2025-2026 has found that across the Murrumbidgee, it is still commonly understood as care provided only when someone is approaching death.

Challenging how we think about ageing

Ageism can be easy to overlook. It can appear in the language people use, assumptions about what an older person can do, or decisions made about their healthcare without genuinely hearing their voice.

Healthy ageing and palliative care

Access, prevention and healthy living

Mental health and wellbeing