[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 47 (Thursday, March 11, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11638-11639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5166]
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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 April 22-
23, 2010, in Room 630, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
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Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. On April 22, the session will
begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. On April 23, 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.
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 not less than 10 days in
advance of the meeting 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, Program Analyst,
at (202) 461-6769 or e-mail at [email protected].
Dated: March 5, 2010.
By Direction of the Secretary:
Vivian Drake,
Acting Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-5166 Filed 3-10-10; 8:45 am]
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