Blake Law

11/17/2022

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01/06/2022

Please note our office is moving on January 15, 2022 to a new location at:

One Gateway Center
300 Washington Street, Suite 801
Newton, MA 02458

03/10/2021

09/30/2020

The American Psychiatric Association recently released Covid-19 Guidance emphasizing that continued and uninterrupted administration of long-acting injectable medication for mentally ill patients with high-risk illnesses is a necessary procedure and that the risks of changing medications at this time are heightened at this time due to the pandemic. The document emphasized that the withdrawal of these treatments could lead to harmful destabilization of seriously mentally ill patients and dramatically increase their risk of physical and psychiatric decompensation.

“In the context of a pandemic, these risks are significantly elevated due to reduced natural supports, reduced access to outpatient treatment including pharmacy services and the risk of exposure to the coronavirus with increased contacts with the community, healthcare, and criminal justice system. For many with severe and chronic mental illness, the use of these long-acting formulations can reduce personal suffering and distress, especially in a pandemic; for others, it has also reduced disorganized or impulsive behaviors that put them at risk of physical injury, aggression, utilization of emergency rooms or incarceration. LAI (Long-Acting Injectable) can also help ensure an adequate level of functioning and cognitive processing which would enable these patients to practice social distancing in a pandemic,” According to the document. (See Use of Long-Acting Injectables as a Clinically Necessary Treatment, APA Committee on the Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster and COVIDæ19, American Psychiatric Association).

08/31/2020

During this COVID-19 pandemic, the APA encourages hospitals and other facilities to include the ongoing use of long-acting injectables (LAI) for patients with high-risk chronic illness as a necessary procedure.

04/20/2020

Important information for Guardians from The National Guardianship Association, along with the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging and the National Center for State Courts concerning how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting their responsibilities.

11/04/2019

Boston Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service is the largest public service program of the Boston Bar Association, dedicated to helping members of the public in need of assistance connecting them with attorneys. The BBA publicly thanked Blake Law attorney Carolyn Martello Spaulding who volunteered her time to conduct training sessions for the BBA’s new staff. Nice work Carolyn!

01/25/2019

"Blake and Associates were the legal advisers to a friend of mine as he was contemplating various bequests for his will, including setting up a complicated, first-of-its-kind scholarship to a prestigious graduate school in Boston. As one of the trustees implementing that bequest, I have worked closely with Blake and Associates for a decade. David Blake's and Carolyn Martello-Spaulding's personal interest in the welfare of my.." says K on Google

★★★★★ Blake and Associates were the legal advisers to a friend of mine as he was contemplating various bequests for his will, including setting up a complicated, first-of-its-kind scholarship to a prestigious graduate school in Boston. As one of the trustees implementing that bequest, I ha...

12/21/2018

Carolyn Martello Spaulding article in the Winter 2018 addition of the Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting. "Working With Young Adults Exhibiting Psychiatric Symptom The Mental Health Forensic Consultant Role".

https://www.blakelaw.com/pdf/Working-With-Young-Adults-Exhibiting-Psychiatric-Symptom-The-Mental-Health-Forensic-Consultant-Role.pdf