Jimmy Carter enjoys third month of hospice care with wife at home, per family
Jenny Goldsberry
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Former President Jimmy Carter continues receiving end-of-life care in his Georgia home, according to his grandson.
Jason Carter gave the update during an event in commemoration of the former president and former first lady Rosalynn in Georgia on Tuesday. Andrew Young, a United Nations ambassador under the Carter administration, was in attendance to share his insight. Young reported to the Associated Press he was “very pleased we could laugh and joke about old times.”
“They’re just meeting with family right now, but they’re doing it in the best possible way: the two of them together at home,” Jason Carter said of his 98-year-old grandfather and 95-year-old grandmother. “They’ve been together 70-plus years. They also know that they’re not in charge. Their faith is really grounding in this moment. In that way, it’s as good as it can be.”
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The Carter Center announced in February that the former president began receiving hospice care “after a series of short hospital stays” rather than seeking “additional medical intervention.”
“He has the full support of his family and his medical team,” the statement read. “The Carter family asks for privacy during this time and is grateful for the concern shown by his many admirers.”
Carter continues to eat, according to his grandson, enjoying peanut butter ice cream in his diet. This flavor hails back to Carter’s brand as a peanut farmer prior to being elected president in 1976.
“We did think that when he went into hospice it was very close to the end,” Jason Carter admitted.
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This update comes two months after President Joe Biden acknowledged he has been tapped to give Carter’s eulogy when it comes time for a funeral.