[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 53777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20048]


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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 
September 28, 2004, at the Department of Veterans Affairs Central 
Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The meeting will 
convene in Room 530 at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m. 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 as Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Centers 
(GRECCs).
    Presentations will include VA's Long-Term Care Strategic Plan and 
Long-Term Care Planning Model; Office of Academic Affiliations--VA 
Geriatric Education (size, scope and outcomes of individual programs); 
review of GRECC contributions to VA and methods of rating individual 
GRECC's performance; review of progress on projects in Assisted Living 
and All-Inclusive Care authorized by the Millennium Act; changes to 
research funding methodology and research tracking data base.
    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 of the meeting to Mr. 
Daniel Converse, Designated Federal Officer, Geriatrics and Extended 
Care Strategic Healthcare Group (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, at (202) 273-8539.

    Dated: August 23, 2004.

    By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-20048 Filed 9-2-04; 8:45 am]
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