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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: Gefn on November 18, 2023, 12:44:50 am
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Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has entered hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia, the Carter Center announced Friday.
“She and President Carter are spending time with each other and their family. The Carter family continues to ask for privacy and remains grateful for the outpouring of love and support,” Jason Carter, the Carters’ grandson, said in the statement released by the Center.
In May, the Center announced that the former first lady had been diagnosed with dementia. Additional details about the 96-year-old’s health were not immediately provided Friday. Former President Jimmy Carter, 99, began home hospice care in February after a series of short hospital stays.
“What a blessing that they are together surrounded by family and love,” first lady Dr. Jill Biden told CNN in a statement in the wake of the center’s announcement Friday.
The longest-married presidential couple, the Carters marked their 77th wedding anniversary in July. A humanitarian and mental health advocate, Rosalynn Carter founded the Carter Center with her husband in his post-presidency in hopes of advancing world peace and health.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/17/politics/rosalynn-carter-hospice-care/index.html