Tacara Soones, MD

Geriatrician | Owner
Dahlia Physician Housecalls

[Tacara Soones, MD @DrTacara]

The Hidden Drug Epidemic Among Older People https://t.co/wsLSrGLEow

[Eric Widera, MD @EWidera]

OMG. This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen in @JAMA_current. Geriatrician Elana Shpall created this mosaic from the pills that she #deprescribed from frail older adults. #geriatrics. Check it out here: https://t.co/aH7fKcZ5YR

[UC San Francisco @UCSF]

"It’s enraging, enraging that we let older, frail people live out the last part of their lives outside,” says UCSF researcher @MKushel.

More than 50% of the US homeless population is over the age of 50, and 44% became #homeless after turning 50.

https://t.co/AwvmYdaCxP

[RanaAwdishMD @RanaAwdish]

“With all this in mind, I must ask: is there any benefit in dressing patients in a hospital gown? Why should we systematically remove the simple things that make people feel like themselves?” https://t.co/AePqdipR5E #medtwitter

[American Geriatrics Society @AmerGeriatrics]

Dealing With Cancer in the 'Oldest Old' Patients https://t.co/yYIiQZ5MaM

[Tacara Soones, MD @DrTacara]

@DrSunilKSahai @oncomedicine Thanks @DrSunilKSahai for the warm welcome!

[Tacara Soones, MD @DrTacara]

Great @GeriPalBlog podcast w/ Vicky Tang, should use @prepareforcare for #advancecareplanning preop eval in #gerionc

[American College of Surgeons @AmCollSurgeons]

New standards aim to improve #surgery for older patients | WNCT https://t.co/FPNfpywGDU #patientcare

[Tacara Soones, MD @DrTacara]

Thx Reena Karani for great talk at ucsf today; role modeling is most important for resident to med student teaching. #Geriatrics