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Aurora House Center for Palliative Care

Dr. Rafael Rodriquez, the founder of Aurora House Foundation, is Board Certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He is a strong advocate for education specific to palliative and end of life care for all individuals who are involved in hospice care. Hospice and Palliative Care is now being taught in nursing schools. As an adjuvant to what is being taught in the classroom, Dr. Rodriguez provides students with didactic learning, and Aurora House Center for Palliative Care provides students with clinical learning.

Dr. Rodriguez shares with students the history of hospice, and challenges faced at the end of life that medical providers must learn to manage. He reinforces what the students learn in the classroom touching on topics such as the four components of pain managed with palliative care at the end of life, psychosocial pain, spiritual pain, social pain, and physical pain. At Aurora House, the students complete their clinical hospice rotation with hands on patient care.

Students of palliative and hospice care must learn that patients should experience respect, dignity, and quality of life – throughout the end of their life, and that hospice care is not just for the patient but for their family as well. It is our hope that nursing students will come to understand that no matter what field of nursing they pursue, they will encounter patients who will benefit from palliative and/or hospice care, and will be able to apply the skills they have learned through the Aurora House Center for Palliative Care.

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Students having lunch with Aurora House Staff and sharing ideas.

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Students participating in a Lecture.

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Juan Guerrero, Social Worker at Tropical Texas Behavioral Health, lecturing STC students.

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Nursing Students from Valley Baptist Medical Center LVN School.

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Dr. Rafael Rodriguez, MD, FACP and Chelan Williams, MSN,FNP-BC presenting a lecture to Students.

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Nursing Students From South Texas College attending a lecture.

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Patients are not charged for their stay, and Aurora House does not receive money from Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, or other governmental resources. Instead, it relies on the generosity of its residents and their families, the community, and charitable organizations for support.

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Mission Statement

Vision
Our vision is that everyone faces end of life with peace.

Mission
To provide compassionate care for persons in the last chapter of life, in a home-like setting, so  they can approach a peaceful death with comfort and dignity.

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Newsletter

  • Spring 2023 Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 1
  • Fall 2022 Newsletter Volume 15 Issue 3

Contact Us

Physical Address:
2646 West 18th Street
Weslaco, Texas 78596
Phone: 956-973-9690
aurorahousefoundation@yahoo.com

Mailing Address :
P.O. Box 976
Weslaco, Texas 78599

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