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.
The longest-lived U.S. president, Jimmy Carter announced in February that after a series of brief hospital stays, he would forgo further medical intervention and spend the remainder of his life in the same modest, one-story house in Plains where they lived when he was first elected to the state Senate in 1962. No illness was disclosed.
The hospice care announcement prompted ongoing tributes and media attention on his 1977-81 presidency and the global humanitarian work the couple has done since co-founding The Carter Center in 1982.
It's of only tangential relation to the story here, of course, but I very recently came across the below footage and thought it was interesting. Raw Oval Office footage from Carter's final hours in office, coinciding with the final hours of the Iran hostage crisis. Ed Muskie, Hamilton Jordan, a broad cast of others throughout. I'd have posted it on Carter's page, but didn't want to cause a stir.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZToyjcGn9Y
It's of only tangential relation to the story here, of course, but I very recently came across the below footage and thought it was interesting. Raw Oval Office footage from Carter's final hours in office, coinciding with the final hours of the Iran hostage crisis. Ed Muskie, Hamilton Jordan, a broad cast of others throughout. I'd have posted it on Carter's page, but didn't want to cause a stir.
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