Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, Carter Center says

[Gefn]

Rosalynn Carter, the former first lady of the United States and wife of former President Jimmy Carter, is suffering from dementia, the Carter Center announced on Tuesday.

“The Carter family is sharing that former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia. She continues to live happily at home with her husband, enjoying spring in Plains and visits with loved ones,” the center announced on Twitter.

This story is breaking and will be updated.


https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/30/politics/rosalynn-carter-health/index.html

[Gefn]

How awful. He’s in hospice and she was just diagnosed with dementia

[libertybele]

Yes it is a terrible situation, but both of them are aged, they are enjoying being together.  That's a gift to be together for so long.

Hopefully they will not separate them.  We had friends who were up in years; she had dementia and they wouldn't let her husband stay with her in the room she was in.  They separated them.  The husband died of a broken heart.  There just wasn't any doubt that's what happened.  Being together for so long and then not being able to stay with your spouse --  just plain wrong.

[GtHawk]

Yes it is a terrible situation, but both of them are aged, they are enjoying being together.  That's a gift to be together for so long.

Hopefully they will not separate them.  We had friends who were up in years; she had dementia and they wouldn't let her husband stay with her in the room she was in.  They separated them.  The husband died of a broken heart.  There just wasn't any doubt that's what happened.  Being together for so long and then not being able to stay with your spouse --  just plain wrong.

Well their grandson said Jimmy is home hospice care and that they are together so that's a blessing to be able continue together at home after so many years of marriage.

[PeteS in CA]

Looks like he's been in home hospice care for some 3 months. It's good that he's there with Rosalyn, though, depending on how her dementia exhibits, it could be very stressful for him (my Dad's second wife had dementia and was so fearful of everything that I think she basically starved herself to death). At 3 months in he's probably getting full palliative comfort from hospice, and might even live longer than the 6 months his Dr. estimated he had left to live (unusual, but it does happen). Many new hospice patients live less than two weeks after beginning hospice care, some just hours, and don't really benefit from hospice care.