[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 57 (Thursday, March 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 13312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6802]


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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 23-
24, 2009, in Room 530, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. On April 23, the session will begin at 
8:30 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. On April 24, the session will begin at 8 
a.m. and end at 12 p.m. 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. The Committee assesses the 
capability of VA health care facilities and programs to meet the 
medical, psychological, and social needs of older Veterans and 
evaluates VA programs designated as Geriatric Research, Education, and 
Clinical Centers.
    The meeting will feature presentations and discussions on VA's 
aging research activities, update on the VA's geriatric workforce (to 
include training, recruitment and retention approaches), Veterans 
Health Administration (VHA) Geriatric Primary Care, VHA strategic 
planning activities in geriatrics and extended care, recent VHA efforts 
regarding dementia and the long term care needs of recently returning 
Veterans, program advances in Community Living Centers and palliative 
care, and policy guidance 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 23, 2009.

    By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
 [FR Doc. E9-6802 Filed 3-25-09; 8:45 am]
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