Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting, 4217 [06-678]

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 4217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-678]



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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 will be held at VA 
Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC on April 4-5, 
2006. The meeting will be held on April 4 in Room 430 from 8:30 a.m. to 
5 p.m. and on April 5 in Room 730 from 8 a.m. to 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 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, Educaion, and Clinical Centers.
    The meeting will feature presentations on VA research initiatives 
in areas that affect aging, dementia treatment initiatives, VA nursing 
home care unit cultural transformation, 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 10 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) 273-8540, at least seven days in advance of the meeting.

    Dated: January 18, 2006.
By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-678 Filed 1-24-06; 8:45 am]
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