Former President Jimmy Carter will start getting treatment at a hospice.
In a statement released on Saturday, the Carter Center revealed that the 98-year-old former president will enter hospice care after “a succession of brief hospital admissions.”
Jimmy Carter, a former US president, “decided today to forego any further medical treatment in order to spend his remaining time at home with his family and to accept hospice care,” according to the statement. He has the unwavering support of both his family and those who are supporting him.
The statement added, “The Carter family requests privacy at this time and is appreciative of the kindness shown by his many fans.” The Carter family, to whom President Carter was quite close, will deeply miss him.
President Carter’s health update comes after he achieved a landmark by becoming the President of the United States with the longest tenure in October.
Since President George H.W. Bush passed away in November 2018 at the age of 94, he has been serving in this capacity since March 2019, when he took the oath of office.
The Carter Center has significantly aided numerous humanitarian causes over the past 40 years since it was established in 1982 by President Carter and Rosalynn Carter.
Even though President Carter only in office for four years, he has been able to use his legacy to assist people throughout the past 40 years, not just in the United States but also in other countries.
His most recent book, which was published when he was 93, is one of 30 that he has written. Because of his unusually extended post-White House life, President Carter has had time to get back to the basic American way of life that he and Rosalynn have always appreciated. He has lived after leaving the White House for 41 years and counting, living longer than Herbert Hoover, who came in second. President Carter has also been able to reinstate the straightforward American way of life.
The Carters gave one week of their time annually to Habitat for Humanity starting in the year 2000 and continuing until the COVID-19 epidemic started in the year 2020. In addition, the president taught Sunday school in Plains, Georgia, where he was raised, during those years. A few hundred people live in the small rural community of Georgia’s Plains.
