According to a Saturday statement from The Carter Center, “former U.S. President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention.”
This decision was made after multiple hospital stays, the statement said.
“He has the full support of his family and his medical team,” per the Carter Center. “The Carter family asks for privacy during this time and is grateful for the concern shown by his many admirers.”
Carter, 98, served as the 39th U.S. president from 1977 to 1981. Before he began his political career, Carter served in the Navy and ran his family’s farms.
“In 1962 he won election to the Georgia Senate. He lost his first gubernatorial campaign in 1966, but won the next election, becoming Georgia’s 76th governor on January 12, 1971,” said the Carter Center. “He was the Democratic National Committee campaign chairman for the 1974 congressional and gubernatorial elections.”
During the Carter administration, his accomplishments include: the Panama Canal treaties, the Camp David Accords, the treaty of peace between Egypt and Israel, the SALT II treaty with the Soviet Union, and the establishment of U.S. diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. Domestic accomplishments include the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, environmental protection legislation.
He has also authored many books and in 1982 he founded the Carter Center.
“The nonpartisan and nonprofit Center addresses national and international issues of public policy. Carter Center staff and associates have joined with President Carter in efforts to resolve conflict, promote democracy, protect human rights, and prevent disease and other afflictions,” according to the organization.
Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, have three sons, one daughter and grandchildren.
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