Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has been diagnosed with dementia, the Carter Center announced Tuesday, more than three months after her husband, former president Jimmy Carter, said he was spending his final days in hospice care.
, the Carter Center said that Rosalynn Carter, 95, was comfortable and spending time with her 98-year-old husband at home in Plains, Ga.
“She continues to live happily at home with her husband, enjoying spring in Plains and visits with loved ones,” the organization said in a statement. Rosalynn Carter, who was hailed by the organization as “the nation’s leading mental health advocate for much of her life,” has frequently talked about caregiving before, during and after her time with her husband in the White House.
“The universality of caregiving is clear in our family, and we are experiencing the joy and the challenges of this journey,” the Carter Center said. “We do not expect to comment further and ask for understanding for our family and for everyone across the country serving in a caregiver role.”in February that he would be in home hospice care after a series of brief hospital stays.
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