[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 160 (Friday, August 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49865-49866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20189]


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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 September 
5-6, 2012, in Room C-7 at the Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC. On September 5, the session will 
begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. On September 6, the session will 
begin at 8 a.m. and end at 12 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. 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 
geriatrics and extended care programs, aging research activities, 
updates on VA's employee staff working in the area of geriatrics (to 
include training,

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recruitment and retention approaches), Veterans Health Administration 
(VHA) strategic planning activities in geriatrics and extended care, 
recent VHA efforts regarding dementia and program advances in 
palliative care, and performance and oversight of 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 to Mrs. Marcia Holt-
Delaney, Program Analyst, Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care 
(10P4G), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20420, or via email at [email protected]. 
Individuals who wish to attend the meeting should contact Mrs. Holt-
Delaney at (202) 461-6769.

    Dated: August 13, 2012.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Vivian Drake,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-20189 Filed 8-16-12; 8:45 am]
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