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HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE IN SOUTH FLORIDA

MORSELIFE HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE

Shayna Forgetta, PhD, MSW Jennifer Trainor, APRN

Shayna Forgetta joined MorseLife Hospice and With 11 years of palliative and hospice experi-
Palliative Care as a palliative care social worker in ence. Jennifer Trainor serves as a Nurse practition-
August 2021. She works alongside other mem- er in MorseLife’s home-based, interdisciplinary
bers of the interdisciplinary team to provide emo- Palliative Care Program. She visits patients in their
tional support to patients and families, both in- homes to offer symptom management, patient
person and over the phone, and assists with education, advanced care planning, care coordina-
obtaining needed resources, such as in-home tion and goals of care. She works collaboratively
aides and durable medical equipment. Shayna with a patient’s primary care provider and special-
previously worked as a hospice social worker and ists to support patient defined quality of life. Her
also has experience as an HIV testing specialist. experience as a Nurse Practitioner includes critical
She obtained her master of social work from care, primary care and public health work in
Florida Atlantic University in 2017 and her Ph.D. Haiti, Liberia and Ghana. She is ANCC board cer-
in public affairs from the University of Central tified and Reiki Certified. She earned her master’s
Florida in 2021. Shayna has a passion for sup- as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse from
porting those who are experiencing major life the University of Connecticut. Most recently,
changes and difficult times. Jennifer provided hospice and palliative care at
Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in
Santa Fe, NM before relocating to South Florida
and joining MorseLife in January 2021.

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*Scores based on patient’s primary caregiver
satisfactory survey from 2020-2021.
TREATMENT
OpusCare was given a perfect 100% satisfactory
score for the treatment preferences they provide*.

BELIEFS/VALUES
YOUR FIRST 100% Caregivers were extremely happy with the clear beliefs
and values demonstrated by OpusCare, scoring them
CHOICE IN QUALITY, 99.7% at 99.7% satisfactory*.

COMPASSIONATE CARE COMPREHENSIVE
OpusCare scored almost 10% higher
98.7% than the national average, with a 98.7%

When looking for hospice and palliative care satisfactory score compared to only
90.4% nationally*.
providers, examining quality indicators — and the

scores they’re given by primary caregivers — 99.9% PAIN
sheds light on the level of comfort In Pain Screening, OpusCare’s satisfactory
score was 99.9% and for Pain Assessment,
they provide.
it was 95.2%*.
100%

95.3% DYSPNEA CARE

In Dyspnea Screening, OpusCare’s satisfactory score
was 100% and for Dyspnea Treatment, a 99.7%*.
BOWEL CARE
In Bowel Regimen, OpusCare scored a
95.3% satisfactory rate* when asked
by caregivers.

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