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Former president Jimmy Carter enters home hospice care

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia. [AP photo]

The Carter Center said Saturday that former President Jimmy Carter has entered home hospice care.

The charity created by the 98-year-old former president said on Twitter that after a series of short hospital stays, Carter "decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention."

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