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The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Jimmy Carter, 98, opts for hospice care after string of hospital visits

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Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, in 2019. Photograph: John Amis/AP

Jimmy Carter has “decided to spend his remaining time at home” in hospice care after a series of short hospital stays, the 98-year-old former president’s family said in a statement on Saturday.

The statement, issued by the Carter Center, said the ex-president’s choice had “the full of support of his family and his medical team”. It also said the family “asks for privacy during this time and is grateful for the concern shown by his admirers”.

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