Former US President Jimmy Carter, 98, is in “palliative care” at home, his foundation said in a statement Saturday.
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“Following a series of short hospital stays, the former US President today decided to spend the rest of his time at home with his family and receive palliative care rather than undergoing additional medical procedures,” she said.
Jimmy Carter is the oldest living American President.
The Democrat, who led to the signing of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty in March 1979, had helped draft the Camp David Accords and was heavily criticized in his country during the American hostage crisis in Iran in 1979-80.
After leaving the White House, he founded the Carter Center in 1982 to advance development, health, and conflict resolution around the world.
In 2002 he received the renowned Nobel Peace Prize, in particular for “decades of tireless efforts to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts”.
Jimmy Carter suffered from a series of health issues that required him to be hospitalized several times in 2019.