The health of former president Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter, a former president, began receiving care at a hospice.

The Carter Center disclosed in a statement issued on Saturday that the 98-year-old former president will be moved to hospice care following “a succession of brief hospital admissions.”

Former US President Jimmy Carter “decided today to forego any further medical treatment to spend his remaining time at home with his family and to accept hospice care,” the statement reads. Both his family and those providing for him give him their steadfast support.