[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 176 (Monday, September 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 54885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23202]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Geriatrics and Gerontology, Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice that a meeting of 
the Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee (GGAC) will be held 
on September 28, 2000 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center located at 
5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria, Virginia. The Committee will meet from 
8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. (EST) in the Walnut Room of the Hilton. The 
purpose of the GGAC is to advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and 
the Under Secretary for Health relative to the care and treatment of 
the aging veterans, and to evaluate the Geriatric Research, Education, 
and Clinical Centers.
    During the one day GGAC meeting, the following are the major items 
to be presented/discussed:
     Update on implementation of the long-term care provisions 
of the Millennium Act;
     Discussion of VA pilots on assisted living and on all-
inclusive long-term care;
     Status of the four recently designated Geriatric Research, 
Education, and Clinical Centers;
     Status of existing GRECC's;
     And VA's new Advanced Geriatric Fellowship Program
    The meeting will be open to the public. Those wishing to attend 
should contact Jacqueline Holmes, Program Assistant, Geriatrics and 
Extended Care Strategic Healthcare Group at (202) 273-8539 not later 
than September 22, 2000.

    Dated: August 29, 2000.

    By Direction of the Acting Secretary.
Marvin R. Eason,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-23202 Filed 9-8-00; 8:45 am]
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