Massachusetts parents have busy lives. Both parents typically hold full-time jobs, making daycare a necessity. Bringing your children to daycare can be stressful, as you hope they have the best experience possible and are being properly cared for. Daycares have a...
Year: 2022
How common are slip and fall injuries?
When someone falls and does not get hurt, people often laugh. However, many falls are no laughing matter. One out of every five falls results in a serious injury. Older adults are particularly vulnerable, but anyone can suffer a serious slip and fall injury. Common...
Does Massachusetts have the worst drivers?
The running joke throughout New England is that the worst drivers are in Boston, period. We will argue against anyone claiming Los Angeles, New York or Washington, D.C., have the worst drivers. Indeed, just a quick look online shows thousands of videos of bad Boston...
How does work history impact Social Security Disability?
There are a couple of different components to qualifying for Social Security Disability benefits that disabled applicants should be familiar with. Disabled individuals and their families members may rely on Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits to meet their daily...
Key points about workers’ compensation medical benefits
In Massachusetts, work-related injuries are often perceived to be related to physical jobs like construction, factory work, professional drivers, manual laborers and first responders. However, accidents and injuries can happen in any kind of job – even to those whose...
Recognizing and avoiding prescription errors
We count on our doctors and pharmacists to prescribe and administer prescriptions designed to keep us healthy or heal from an injury. However, prescription errors can occur at any stage in the medical process and cause serious harm. A doctor may prescribe the wrong...
Can a mother suffer from birth injuries?
Many people think birth injuries only affect babies during or immediately after delivery. However, childbirth-related injuries to mothers are common and oftentimes serious, leading to long-term treatment needs as well as physical and emotional scars. Birth injuries...
Massachusetts has a worrisome increase in fatal auto accidents
Road safety is challenge that is impacting many lives in Massachusetts and across the United States. Much of that is related to a spike in drivers speeding, behaving recklessly, driving while distracted, driving drunk and committing other violations. Statistics are...
Understanding the SSDI appeals process
Many people in North Massachusetts suffer from disabling injuries or illnesses. Most of these same individuals probably know about Social Security Disability Benefits (SSDI), but they may have heard that most SSDI benefits applications are denied. While the Social...
How can I help prevent carpel tunnel?
With the explosion of work-from-home, there is a few things that many of us may not realize that we lost. For one, most of us are working longer than normal as our work-life balance has begun to bleed together. This, combined with the loss of our ergonomic workplace...