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Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States who died at the age of 100 on Sunday, December 29, 2024, was lives in hospice care in his house from February 2023.
Back in May, Carter’s son, Jason Carter, said in a speech at the Carter Center in Georgia that his grandfather was “fine.”
Jason Carter also praised the “outpouring of love” the Carter family has received since the death of former first lady Rosalynn Carter in November 2023.
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“He’s been in hospice … for almost a year and a half now, and he’s really coming to the end, I think,” Jason Carter said at the time.
“I already said, there is a part this journey of faith That is so important to him and there is a part of that journey of faith that can only be experienced at the very end, and I think he was there in that space,” said the grandson.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died at the age of 100 on December 29, 2024. He had been in hospice care at home for almost two years. (Ida Mae Astute/American Broadcasting Companies via Getty Images)
Previous health problems
Carter has had multiple health problems in recent years.
After undergoing liver surgery to remove the mass in 2015, the former president was diagnosed with melanomawhich has reportedly spread to multiple areas of his brain.
After surgery and several months of treatment with radiation and immunotherapyCarter’s cancer is cured.
Carter has since suffered a bout of dehydration and several falls that led to a broken hip, fractured pelvis and other injuries, according to reports.
Carter’s wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter, entered the hospice in November 2023 along with her husband. She died just a few days later at the age of 96. (Getty Images)
Carter’s wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter, also entered hospice care in November 2023 along with her husband. She died just a few days later at the age of 96.
Some experts praised the Carter family for sharing details about the couple’s journey through aging, hospice care and death.
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“It was huge that the Carters were so public,” said Angela Novas, chief medical officer of the Hospice Foundation of America in Washington, DC, according to an Associated Press report.
“It put hospice in a new light and raised questions” for people to learn more, she added.
What is hospice care?
“Hospice is health care for dying people,” said Dr. Harold Braswell, associate professor of health ethics at the University of St. Louis and author of several books on end-of-life issues, for Fox News Digital in November.
Former President Carter is shown leaving after the funeral service for former First Lady Rosalynn Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church, in Plains, Georgia, on November 29, 2023. (ALEX BRANDON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
This type of medical care is “interdisciplinary,” the doctor noted, including a combination of medical, psychosocial and spiritual support.
It also includes assistance with daily activities.
Hospice care is focused on managing symptoms and making patients as comfortable as possible, not on treating a disease or ailment.
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A person becomes entitled to hospice after receiving a medical diagnosis with six months or less to live, according to Braswell.
“Hospice is not treatment,” Braswell said. “It’s not aimed at treating the patient’s medical condition — and qualifying for hospice generally requires the patient to leave treatment interventions such as chemotherapy.”
According to experts, hospice care focuses on managing symptoms and making patients as comfortable as possible rather than treating a disease or ailment. (iStock)
Hospice is also not seen as a substitute for him in a nursing home or other residential care, and is not intended to “hasten death,” according to the Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) website.
It also does not include 24-hour care, HFA noted. Instead, hospice team members generally visit the patient and family caregivers as needed.
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Most American hospice patients receive care in an outpatient setting, such as their private home, nursing home or long-term care facility, Braswell told Fox News Digital.
“Some hospices—a relatively small number—offer inpatient carealthough it’s only for a very short time, generally for people who are actively dying,” Braswell said.
