“Rosalynn Carter’s Neurodegenerative Disorder Announcement Amid Former President Jimmy Carter’s Palliative Care”

By Le Figaro with AFP

Posted on 05/30/2023 at 20:41update on 05/30/2023 at 20:46

the old american first lady Rosalynn Carter has neurodegenerative disorders, her family announced on Tuesday, May 30, when her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, is in palliative care at home.

At 95,she continues to live happily at home with her husbandin the town of Plains in Georgia (south), the family said in a press release, welcoming their work in the field of mental health. “We hope that sharing this news will lead to more talk about this important topic around the family table and in doctors’ offices across the country.“, she added.

In February, the Carter Foundation announced that the 98-year-old former Democratic president was in hospice care at his home, where he wished “spend the time he has leftafter a series of hospitalizations. Jimmy Carter occupied the White House from 1977 to 1981 and served only one term as president. In 2002, he received the Nobel Peace Prize, in particular for “his decades of tireless efforts to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts».