House call doctor in Totowa, NJ

Primary care that comes to you in Totowa

Totowa is small and quiet, tucked between Route 80 and Route 46, and a straightforward drive for us from East Hanover.

Where Totowa goes for hospital care, and why that matters

Totowa sits between St. Joseph's in Paterson and Chilton in Pequannock, with St. Mary's in Passaic also within reach. It is a short drive to any of them, tucked as the borough is between Route 80 and Route 46, though those same roads are what make a short drive unpredictable. For a routine follow-up it is a lot of disruption for fifteen minutes of appointment.

The homes we visit in Totowa

A small, settled borough of modest homes on quiet streets, with a long-established population and a good number of residents who have been in the same house since the houses were new. Newer condominium developments have added some apartment living to the mix.

Life Primary Care is a house call practice based in East Hanover, and Totowa sits inside our regular Passaic County route. A clinician comes to your home with a portable exam kit and your chart already open. A first visit runs 45 to 60 minutes, which is time enough to examine you properly, go through every medication in the house and write a plan your family can actually follow.

We visit private homes, apartments, condominiums, family members' houses, independent living and assisted living residences in Totowa and nearby Wayne, Little Falls, Paterson, Woodland Park and Clifton.

People look for this under several names: a house call doctor in Totowa, a visiting physician, a mobile doctor, in-home medical care, or simply a doctor who comes to your house. They all describe what we do. Homebound seniors are a large part of the practice, though you do not need to be homebound to be seen.

What we handle at home

Routine primary care and annual physicals, chronic conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart failure and COPD, Medicare Annual Wellness Visits, care in the days after a hospital discharge, dementia and geriatric care, and same-day urgent problems for established patients. We draw blood, run EKGs and arrange mobile imaging without you leaving the house.

After a hospital stay

If you or a relative in Totowa has just been discharged from St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson or Chilton Medical Center in Pequannock, the first two weeks are the risky part. We can usually visit within two to three days to reconcile the discharge medication list against what is really in the cabinet and confirm that home health has arrived. We are independent and not affiliated with any hospital system.

Insurance in Totowa

We accept Original Medicare, most Medicare Advantage plans and major commercial insurers, and we bill exactly as a clinic would. There is no charge for coming to Totowa. Call 973-607-4911 and we will check your specific plan before anything is scheduled.