[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 85 (Friday, May 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10856]



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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 
92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the 
Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee (GGAC) will be held on 
May 21-22, 2003, at the Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, 
811 Vermont Avenue, NW., Room 145, Washington, DC. The meeting will 
convene at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m. on May 21, and resume at 
8:30 a.m. and conclude at noon on May 22, 2003. The 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 by assessing the capability of 
VA health care facilities to meet the medical, psychological and social 
needs of older veterans and by evaluating VA facilities designated at 
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Centers (GRECCs).
    On May 21, the topics to be presented and discussed include:
    [sbull] Update on current issues of the Millennium Act.
    [sbull] Update on VA's Aging Research Activities.
    [sbull] Update on VA's Geriatrics Training Program.
    [sbull] Site visits to GRECCs.
    [sbull] Review draft Committee report on VA's Direction in Long-
Term Care and GRECC Site Visits.
    On May 22, the Committee receive briefings on VA's activities in 
Geriatrics and Extended Care and Vision for Geriatrics and Long-Term 
Care.
    No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentations from the public. Interested parties can provide written 
comments for review by the Committee in advance to the meeting to Ms. 
Marsha Goodwin, Chief, Geriatrics Programs (114), Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. 
Individuals who wish to attend the meeting should contact Ms. 
Jacqueline Holmes, Staff Assistant, Geriatrics and Extended Care 
Strategic Healthcare Group at (202) 273-8539.

    Dated: April 25, 2003.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-10856 Filed 5-1-03; 8:45 am]
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