97-8421. Advisory Committee on the Future of VA Long-Term Care

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8421]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Advisory Committee on the Future of VA Long-Term Care

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice that a meeting of 
the Advisory Committee on the Future of VA Long-Term Care will be held 
on April 29-30, 1997, at the Department of Veterans Affairs, in Room 
230, located at 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. The purpose of 
the Committee is to provide professional advice on the present scope 
and structure of VA's long-term care services, and about changes 
necessary to ensure that services are available and effective in a 
future healthcare setting. The Committee will begin at 8:30 a.m. (EDT) 
until 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on April 29 and will begin at 8:30 a.m. (EDT) 
until 12:00 noon (EDT) on April 30.
    The agenda for April 29 will begin with a review of the charge to 
the Committee and an overview of VA healthcare activities.
    On April 30 the Committee will review information on utilization of 
VA long-term care services and address the issue of access to care and 
equity in A long-term care services.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Those wishing to attend 
should contact Jacqueline Holmes, Program Assistant, Geriatrics and 
Extended Care Strategic Healthcare Group at 202-273-8539 not later than 
April 25, 1997.

    Dated: March 27, 1997.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-8421 Filed 4-1-97; 8:45 am]
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