Former US President Jimmy Carter, 98, is receiving “palliative care” at home, his foundation said in a statement Saturday.
“After a series of short hospital stays, the former US president decided today to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive palliative care, rather than further medical intervention,” a statement read.
Jimmy Carter is the oldest living US president. His major achievements include the Camp David Accords that led to the signing of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty in March 1979. The Democrat had been sharply criticised at home when Americans were taken hostage in Iran in 1979-80.
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After leaving the White House, he founded the Carter Center in 1982, to promote development, health and conflict resolution around the world. In 2002, Carter was awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize for “his decades of tireless efforts to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts”.
Jimmy Carter suffered a series of health problems that forced him to be hospitalised several times in 2019.
