[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54691-54692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27764]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on the Future of VA Long-Term Care; Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice that a meeting of 
the Advisory Committee on the Future of VA Long-Term Care will be held 
on November 6-7, 1997, at the Department of Veterans Affairs, in Room 
230, located at 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. The purpose of 
the Committee is to provide professional advice on the present scope 
and structure of VA's long-term care services, and about changes 
necessary to ensure that services are available and effective in a 
future healthcare setting. The Committee will begin at 8:30 a.m. (EDT) 
and continue until 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on November 6 and will begin at 8:30 
a.m. (EDT) and continue until 12:00 noon (EDT) on November 7.
    The agenda for November 6 will cover issues of investment in 
institutional and noninstitutional long-term care services, sub-acute 
care in long-term care settings, enriched housing options for those in 
need of assisted living, and care management for a long-term care 
population.
    On November 7 the Committee will continue to review long-term care 
investment strategies and will discuss priorities for facility 
construction.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Those wishing to attend 
should contact Jacqueline Holmes, Program Assistant, Geriatrics and 
Extended Care

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Strategic Healthcare Group at 202-273-8539 not later than October 31, 
1997.

    Dated: October 14, 1997.

    By direction of the Secretary-Designate.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-27764 Filed 10-20-97; 8:45 am]
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