[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 170 (Thursday, September 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 54536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22362]
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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
15-16, 2011, in Room 250 at the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1575
Eye Street, NW., Washington, DC. On September 15, the session will
begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. On September 16, 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 employee staff working in the area of geriatrics (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 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, Program Analyst, Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care (114),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20420, or e-mail at [email protected]. Individuals who wish to
attend the meeting should contact Mrs. Holt-Delaney at (202) 461-6769.
Dated: August 26, 2011.
By Direction of the Secretary.
Vivian Drake,
Acting Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-22362 Filed 8-31-11; 8:45 am]
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