[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 50 (Thursday, March 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 13618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4875]


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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 April 9-
10, 2008, in Room 430, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. On April 9, the session will begin at 8:30 
a.m. and end at 5 p.m. On April 10, the session will begin at 8 a.m. 
and end at 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 by assessing the capability of 
VA health care facilities and programs to meet the medical, 
psychological, and social needs of older veterans and by evaluating VA 
programs designated as Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical 
Centers.
    The meeting will feature presentations and discussion on VA's aging 
research activities, update on VA's geriatric workforce (to include 
training, recruitment and retention approaches, Veterans Health 
Administration (VHA) Primary Care and Geriatric Primary Care) recent 
VHA efforts regarding dementia and delirium, and performance oversight 
of the 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 not less than ten days in 
advance of the meeting to Mrs. Marcia Holt-Delaney, Office of 
Geriatrics and Extended Care (114), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. Individuals who wish to 
attend the meeting should contact Mrs. Holt-Delaney, Program Analyst, 
at (202) 461-6769.

    Dated: March 6, 2008.

    By Direction of the Secretary.

E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-4875 Filed 3-12-08; 8:45 am]
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