Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President, Enters Hospice Care

Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. president, has been reported to have entered hospice care after the 98-year-old came home from a short hospital stay.

BBC News reported that Carter Center announced that the former president will "spend his remaining time at home with his family." However, they did not release the reason behind the decision.

The Carter Center said in a statement that the former president's family asks for privacy and is grateful for the concern shown to Carter.

Jason Carter, Carter's grandson and a former Georgia state senator, tweeted that he visited his grandparents and they are "at peace," adding that their home "is full of love."

Carter Center is a nongovernmental organization that the 39th U.S. President used to conduct his humanitarian work after leaving the White House at the end of his term.

Carter Center currently has various initiatives for peace and health.

Jimmy Carter Health

Friends and other people close to Carter said that the former president's health has been in a slow decline in recent months.

They added that Carter now uses a wheelchair to get around while his 95-year-old wife Rosalyn uses a walker, as reported by The Washington Post.

Their Secret Service detail has driven them around in the recent weeks after Carter asked to roam around in Plains.

The announcement of Carter's hospice care came after he celebrated his 98th birthday with a parade hosted by his hometown.

Carter's church, wherein he taught Sunday school for decades, sang "America the Beautiful," with its prayer leader praying for his family and those around Carter.

When he was diagnosed with brain cancer, which he bet in 2015, he still taught at Maranatha Baptist Church.

In 2019, he also underwent surgery to remove pressure on his brain.

Jimmy Carter Presidency

Before Carter became president, he was a peanut farmer and a U.S. Navy Lieutenant. He was readying to become an engineering officer for the submarine Seawolf in 1953 but had to return home to manage the peanut farm after his father died.

He was known for opening Georgia's government offices to Black and women, announcing that the "time for racial discrimination is over," as cited by Britannica.

Carter's presidency (1977-1981) was also riddled with scandals, with 1977 accusations of financial improprieties to Bert Lance, who is one of Carter's closest friends and the director of the Office of Management Budget.

His younger brother, Bill, also allegedly acted as an influence peddler for the Libyan government of Muammar al-Qaddafi.

In 1979, a mob of Iranian students breached the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took the diplomatic staff hostage.

The hostage-taking was in response to the arrival of the deposed shah in the U.S. for medical treatment.

The students' actions were also sanctioned by Iran's revolutionary government, which was led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini at the time.

In 2002, Carter earned a Nobel Peace Prize for their peace programs around the world.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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