Jimmy Carter enters hospice care. What is it?

Explained: What is hospice care that former US president Jimmy Carter has entered?

Hospice care is treatment designed to make patients comfortable and to reduce pain and suffering in their final days. Instead of further medical intervention, former US president Jimmy Carter decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care

What Is Home Hospice Care and Who Is Eligible to Receive it?

The Carter Center said in a statement Saturday that Carter, 98, “decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead...

Jimmy Carter enters hospice care. What is it?

Hospice care is treatment designed to make patients comfortable and to reduce pain and suffering in their final days. It is usually home-based, but can also be provided in nursing homes, hospitals and hospice centers. It is reserved for those declared by two physicians to be terminally ill, with six months or less to live

Jimmy Carter enters hospice care. What is it?

This treatment is designed to make patients comfortable and to reduce pain and suffering in their final days

Jimmy Carter enters hospice care. What is it?

Carter “decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family." The average time spent in hospice is about three weeks, said Dr. Arif Kamal.

Jimmy Carter enters hospice care. What is it?

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia, after a series of short hospital stays.