House call doctor in Cranford, NJ

Primary care that comes to you in Cranford

Cranford is compact and walkable until you cannot walk, and then it is not. We visit throughout the township, including the apartments and senior housing near the downtown.

Where Cranford goes for hospital care, and why that matters

For hospital care Cranford looks toward Overlook in Summit, RWJ University Hospital Rahway, or Trinitas in Elizabeth. The township is compact and pleasant to move around in until walking becomes difficult, at which point the same short distances turn into a problem, because there is little public transport that helps somebody with a walker or an oxygen cylinder.

The homes we visit in Cranford

Older homes on close-set streets near the centre, with apartments and senior housing closer to the downtown and the station. A number of residents live alone in houses that were family homes, and the upkeep as much as the health is often what prompts a family to start arranging support.

Life Primary Care is a house call practice based in East Hanover, and Cranford sits inside our regular Union 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 Cranford and nearby Westfield, Garwood, Kenilworth, Clark and Roselle Park.

People look for this under several names: a house call doctor in Cranford, 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 Cranford has just been discharged from Overlook Medical Center in Summit or Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, 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 Cranford

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 Cranford. Call 973-607-4911 and we will check your specific plan before anything is scheduled.