Melbourne’s east is one step closer to a new $81.58 million residential aged care facility in Wantirna, with new plans unveiled by Premier Daniel Andrews today.

Over a lifetime, almost one in two Victorians will experience mental illness. This year, 1.3 million Victorians will face mental illness and half of those won’t get help.

In a dark warehouse in North Melbourne, a simple tool is being used to visualise a new residential aged care facility.

The Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drug Facilities Renewal Fund provides grants for facility and equipment upgrades, improving safety and quality of care for Victorians in need.

The Victorian Government invested $6.3 million in stage 1 of the Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital aged care redevelopment.

A redeveloped 18-bed high care residential aged care facility at the Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital has opened its doors.

The Victorian Government has invested $9.5 million to redevelop East Wimmera Health Service’s Birchip Campus.

The Birchip Campus aged care and hospital redevelopment is on track, with a builder now appointed to deliver the $9.5 million project.

The Victorian Government has invested in the mental health beds expansion project to deliver more acute mental health beds for Victorians.

10 October is World Mental Health Day and we’re sharing the work we do in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all Victorians.