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ITN: Former President Carter in Hospice Care


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Former President Carter is perhaps the most famous for what he has done after his Presidency than for what he did during his time in the White House. He is famous for working with Habitat for Humanity and building houses. The images of him on construction sights are pretty iconic.

Based on the above report from NBC its looking like this is just about it.

 

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I wouldn’t say his presidency was mediocre, but it was derailed by a few events that were completely outside of his control.  His post presidency gives us a glimpse at what could have been, but it has also shone as an example for Presidents after him on how to comport themselves.

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12 minutes ago, Master-Debater131 said:

He basically set the bar for what a post-presidency should look like.

I dont think there is another former President who has done as much as he has.

Like you had already pointed out, he built houses for poor people. Physically. It wasn't a photo op, he wasn't on Instagram posing with a hammer mid-swing for likes. Sometimes he would just show up and people didn't even know he was going to be part of things. And he did it until he couldn't do it anymore. No matter what any other former President attempts, unless they are physically in the background somewhere quietly building houses for poor people with no thoughts of publicity, it won't be Jimmy Carter level. 

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NORCROSS, Ga. — Three months after entering end-of-life care at home, former President Jimmy Carter remains in good spirits as he visits with family, follows public discussion of his legacy and receives updates on The Carter Center’s humanitarian work around the world, his grandson says. He’s even enjoying regular servings of ice cream.

“They’re just meeting with family right now, but they’re doing it in the best possible way: the two of them together at home,” Jason Carter said of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, now 98 and 95 years old.

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Most remarkable, Jason Carter said, is the fact such a gathering occurred with his grandfather still living.

“We did think that when he went into hospice it was very close to the end,” he told attendees. “Now, I’m just going to tell you, he’s going to be 99 in October.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/23/jimmy-carter-hospice-ice-cream-00098480

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ATLANTA — Hugh “Sonny” Carter Jr., who helped organize the “Peanut Brigade” that helped elect his cousin Jimmy to the White House and later enforced the president’s frugal ways in the West Wing, has died. He was 80.

The Carter Center, the 39th president’s post-White House organization for advocating democracy and fighting disease in the developing world, did not release a cause of death.

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Jimmy Carter, 98, remains at home in Plains, Georgia, where he has been receiving hospice care since February.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/26/hugh-jimmy-carter-peanut-brigade-00108428

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6 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said:

I thought hospice care was for people who were dying imminently but I guess it’s for anyone with a terminal illness who’s no longer receiving medical care for said illness but instead are receiving supportive care until the inevitable happens. 

Yeah, hospice is just comfort care. You stay home or in a home-like setting and there's a bunch of numbers that can be called to set off a chain of events when the patient either passes or is going to soon. 

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“My grandfather is doing OK. He has been in hospice, as you know, for almost a year and a half now. And he really is, I think, coming to the end,” Jason Carter said.

“As I’ve said before, there’s a part of this faith journey that is so important to him,” he continued. “And there’s a part of that faith journey that you only can live at the very end, and I think he has been there in that space.”

Jason Carter recounted the last time he saw his grandfather, a couple weeks ago, when they watched an Atlanta Braves baseball game together and discussed the former president’s well-being.

“I said, ‘Papa, you know, I can’t — people ask me how you’re doing, and I say I don’t know.’ And he said, ‘Well, I don’t know myself,‘” Jason Carter said.

“So he is still there,” Jason Carter continued.

https://thehill.com/homenews/4664417-jimmy-carter-grandson-says-he-is-coming-to-the-end-hospice-care/

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Yeah I thought for sure he was going to die soon after his wife. Then last night I saw the article saying he’s reaching the end and I thought “he’s going to be dead by morning” At this point he might outlive all of us. Seriously I have no idea how he’s still alive. 

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9 hours ago, 1pooh4u said:

He is the first US President to ever reach that milestone age

 

And hopefully he'll be the first one to vote at that age.

His stated goal is that he wants to live long enough to cast a vote in Georgia's early voting later this month. 

Let's cheer his ass on for at least another 20 days. 

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1 hour ago, katt_goddess said:

And hopefully he'll be the first one to vote at that age.

His stated goal is that he wants to live long enough to cast a vote in Georgia's early voting later this month. 

Let's cheer his ass on for at least another 20 days. 

I hope he makes it 

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Here's a link [ scroll down to find the right one ] to sign a digital birthday card for him.

https://civicshout.com/

'Sign Jimmy Carter's Birthday Card'

Fair warning, you'll get sent e-mails from them after because that's what they do should you chose to sign. You'll also get a bunch of 'You might be interested in...' petitions which you can either close the whole shebang or go through each one and unclick the square that says 'please senpai, send me a ton of e-mails from each of these individuals daily' depending on how bored you are. 

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