Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to receive hospice care: ‘Grateful for the concern’ – National | 24CA News

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has determined to obtain hospice care and “spend his remaining time at home with his family” as a substitute of further medical intervention, the Carter Center mentioned on Saturday.

“He has the full support of his family and his medical team. The Carter family asks for privacy during this time and is grateful for the concern shown by his many admirers,” the middle mentioned in a press release.

Carter, 98, who has lived longer after leaving the White House than any former president in U.S. historical past, was a Democrat who served from January 1977 to January 1981.

In latest years, the Georgia native suffered from a number of well being points together with a melanoma that unfold to his liver and mind.

(Reporting by Rami Ayyub; Editing by Bill Berkrot)