Dementia and Alzheimer's care at home in Union County

Managing dementia and Alzheimer's without the trips to an office

We cover Union County from the Summit and Westfield area through Cranford and Scotch Plains down to Elizabeth and Linden.

A clinician comes to your home anywhere in Union County with a portable exam kit and your chart already open. Visits run 45 to 60 minutes, which is the time it takes to examine you properly, review every medication in the house and write a plan your family can follow. Whether you are looking for a house call doctor, a visiting physician or in-home medical care for a senior parent in Union County, this is that service.

Why the setting changes everything

Agitation in clinic is frequently a reaction to the clinic rather than a symptom of the disease. Removing the car journey, the strange building and the wait removes most of the distress, and what is left is a clearer picture of how the person actually is.

Fewer medications, usually

People with dementia often accumulate prescriptions, including sedating ones that raise the risk of falls and worsen confusion. A careful review that removes what is no longer helping is frequently the most valuable thing we do.

We also look for the treatable things that masquerade as worsening dementia: infection, pain that cannot be described, constipation, dehydration, poor sleep and hearing loss.

After a hospital stay in Union

If you have recently been discharged from Overlook Medical Center in Summit or Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, we can usually visit within two to three days to reconcile the discharge medication list against what is actually in the house. We are independent and not affiliated with any hospital system.

Towns we cover in Union County

Berkeley Heights, Clark, Cranford, Elizabeth, Fanwood, Garwood, Kenilworth, Linden, Mountainside, New Providence, Rahway, Roselle and every other town in the county.