Jimmy Carter in hospice care, Carter Center says
Former President Jimmy Carter is receiving hospice care at home, the Carter Center said Saturday. He made the decision after a series of short hospital stays, the center said in a statement.
A charity founded by the 98-year-old former president said Carter “decided to spend the rest of his time at home with his family and receive hospice care in lieu of additional medical intervention.”
He has the full support of his medical team and family and “requires privacy at this time and appreciates the concern expressed by his many admirers.”
In August 2015, Carter had a small cancerous mass removed from his liver. The following year, Carter announced that his experimental drug had eliminated all signs of cancer and no further treatment was needed.
Following Saturday’s announcement, Sen. Rafael Warnock, who represents Carter’s home state of Georgia, called the former president a “man of great faith” who “walked with God.”
“God certainly walks with him in this tender time of transition,” said Warnock, who is also a pastor. said on Twitter“May he, Rosalyn, and the entire Carter family rest in peace and be surrounded by our love and prayers.”
carter celebrated his recent birthday In October, he was with family and friends in Plains, Georgia, the small town where he and his wife Rosalyn were born during the years between World War I and the Great Depression.
The Carter Center, founded by the 39th president and former first lady after a one-term term in the White House, last year promoted democracy and conflict resolution, monitored elections and promoted public health in the developing world. celebrated its 40th anniversary.
Carter, a Democrat, defeated President Gerald R. Ford in 1976 to become the 39th President of the United States. He served his one term, losing to Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980.
Carter won the 1976 election after launching a little-known campaign as governor of Georgia for one term. His surprise performance at the Iowa caucuses established the small Midwestern state as the center of presidential politics. Carter defeated Ford in the general election, largely due to the power that swept the South before his hometown’s major transition to the Republican Party.
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