Former US President Jimmy Carter, 98, is in “palliative care” at home, his foundation said in a statement on Saturday.
By AFP
ATfter a series of short hospital stays, the former US President today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive palliative care, rather than additional medical intervention” , she said.
Jimmy Carter is the oldest surviving American president.
Artisan of the Camp David agreements which led, in March 1979, to the signing of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty, the democrat had been strongly criticized in his country during the taking of Americans hostages in Iran in 1979-80 .
After leaving the White House, he founded The Carter Center in 1982 to promote development, health, and conflict resolution around the world.
In 2002, he received the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize, in particular for “his decades of tireless efforts to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts”.
Jimmy Carter suffered from a series of health issues that required him to be hospitalized several times in 2019.
