[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54232-54233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22018]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the 
Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee will be held on September 
14-15, 2010, in Room 250, Department of Veterans Affairs, 1575 Eye 
Street, NW., Washington, DC. On September 14, the session will begin at 
8:30 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. On September 15, the session will begin at 
8 a.m. and end at 12 noon. This meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice to the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs and the Under Secretary for Health on all matters 
pertaining to geriatrics and gerontology. The Committee assesses the 
capability of VA health care facilities and programs to meet the 
medical, psychological, and social needs of older Veterans and 
evaluates VA programs designated as Geriatric Research, Education, and 
Clinical Centers.

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    The meeting will feature presentations and discussions on VA's 
geriatrics and extended care programs, aging research activities, 
update on VA's geriatric workforce (to include training, recruitment 
and retention approaches), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) 
strategic planning activities in geriatrics and extended care, recent 
VHA efforts regarding dementia and program advances in palliative care, 
and performance and oversight of the VA Geriatric Research, Education, 
and Clinical Centers.
    No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentations from the public. Interested parties should provide 
written comments for review by the Committee to Mrs. Marcia Holt-
Delaney, Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care (114), Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. 
Individuals who wish to attend the meeting should contact Mrs. Holt-
Delaney at (202) 461-6769 or e-mail at [email protected].

    Dated: August 30, 2010.

    By Direction of the Secretary:
Vivian Drake,
Acting Committee Management Officer.
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