# Jimmy Carter on Hospice Care (at home) (2/18/2023) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 18, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010 "2023-02-18T21:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/41 "2023-02-21T17:32:03Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Carter was the most underrated president of my lifetime. Please let me add my thanks for your post. It was excellent. It’s how I remember his presidency, too. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/42 "2023-02-21T17:57:37Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Just heard on Maddow last night that a building at Annapolis is going to be re-named Carter Hall. Made official last Friday, according to _Navy Times_. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/43 "2023-02-21T19:38:06Z")
Also cool on any number of levels (and not new): > **[USS Jimmy Carter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jimmy_Carter)** > > USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) is the third and final Seawolf-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine in the United States Navy. Commissioned in 2005, she is named for the 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter, the only president to have qualified on submarines. The only submarine to be named for a living president, Jimmy Carter is also one of the few vessels, and only the third submarine of the US Navy, to be named for a living person. Extensively modified from the original design ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/44 "2023-02-21T23:15:51Z")
When David Letterman features someone on his Youtube channel, that’s an indication, lots of times, that the featured person has died. That’s how I found out that Jeff Beck died. So I saw a Jimmy Carter video featured on Letterman’s Youtube and assumed that Carter has died. If he hasn’t yet, I wish him well. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6hTOHuKNU4E/maxresdefault.jpg "Jimmy Carter Gets A Surprise Visit From Dave | Letterman") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hTOHuKNU4E) ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/45 "2023-02-22T02:11:50Z")
One thing that never seems to get mentioned is his foundation’s work to eradicate guinea worm. It’s been massively successful and has saved millions of people from being infected: > **[Jimmy Carter’s real legacy: Saving millions of lives from a debilitating disease](https://themessenger.com/grid/jimmy-carters-real-legacy-saving-millions-of-lives-from-a-debilitating-disease)** > > Former president Jimmy Carter helped broker the landmark Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt, created the Department of Education, turned Habitat for Humanity into a cause célèbre and won a Nobel Peace Prize. But his biggest accomplishment is... > Since 1986, Carter and his Carter Center in Atlanta have led the global battle against the worm, which causes a disease for which there is no test or treatment. Stopping it requires hard, ongoing and less-than-glamorous work: raising funds, distributing water filters, educating people at risk and funding cutting-edge research, all while drawing in help from national governments, businesses and philanthropists. > The effects have been astounding. [More than 3 million people were infected](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dracunculiasis-(guinea-worm-disease)) with the parasite in the mid-1980s, when Carter adopted the issue. Last year, the global total dipped to [an all-time low of just 13 cases](https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/2023/2022-guinea-worm-worldwide-cases-announcement.html). Some epidemiologists estimate that the campaign against Guinea worm has [prevented up to 90 million infections](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/health/ernesto-ruiz-tiben-guinea-worms.html). ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/46 "2023-02-22T04:34:24Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I hadn’t thought of that. I just assumed it would be a state affair because that’s always been the case in my lifetime. Except for Nixon, of course, for obvious reasons. Apparently Nixon did have a state funeral. Wikipedia says: > “Nixon’s state funeral is unique among recent presidential state funerals in that, in accordance with his own wishes, none of the elements of the state ceremonies occurred in the nation’s capital.” (Sorry I didn’t create a link to the article, i couldnt do it from my phone.) ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/47 "2023-02-22T15:38:40Z")
that is seriously amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/48 "2023-02-26T05:45:32Z")
Yes, and much to his credit. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/49 "2023-02-26T21:05:03Z")
That alone justifies his Nobel Peace Prize. Deservedly so. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/50 "2023-03-02T02:27:51Z")
Why would they name it after Hawkman? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/51 "2023-03-03T00:02:21Z")
Excuse me, that’s Katar Hol. 🦅 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/52 "2023-09-29T20:26:07Z")
Published today: still hanging on … > **[Jimmy Carter turns 99: 4 healthy habits that helped former president live a...](https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/jimmy-carter-turns-99-4-longevity-lessons-from-the-former-presidents-long-life/4725255/)** > > Seven months after entering hospice care, Jimmy Carter is beating expectations and marking a milestone birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/53 "2023-09-29T20:43:46Z")
May the Lord bless and keep him. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/54 "2023-09-29T21:14:30Z")
Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/55 "2023-11-18T06:54:22Z")
And now sadly Rosalynn too: > **[Rosalynn Carter, wife of Jimmy Carter, joins husband in hospice care](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/17/rosalynn-carter-jimmy-carter-hospice-care)** > > Former first lady, 96, who married husband in 1946, three decades before White House victory, enters hospice care at home in Georgia She was diagnosed with dementia in May. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/56 "2023-11-19T20:29:04Z")
Rosalynn has passed away. > ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/57 "2023-11-19T22:47:38Z")
A very classy lady, and he probably wouldn’t have become President without her. May she rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/58 "2023-11-19T23:28:09Z")
We lived in the Atlanta suburbs in the 1990s and early 2000s and even though people around us were quite conservative, no one had a bad thing to say about the Carters. If you did, you’d be considered an asshole by most people. And back then, people didn’t want to be considered assholes. The Carters were revered, both of them. Considered both morally upright and dignified without being the least bit uptight. RIP Rosalynn Carter. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010/59 "2023-11-20T00:51:01Z")
The Carters were all that and more. [![](https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/71688461_10162792413590724_7372246917599723520_n.png?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=7f8c78&_nc_ohc=lbbZnKLi8aAAX9qgkMU&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AfAbDeDJTFht_xYmFuf_8Y3FX438Bt-VaF_9KBHhfjo7eA&oe=65822C0D) ](https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/71688461_10162792413590724_7372246917599723520_n.png?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=7f8c78&_nc_ohc=lbbZnKLi8aAAX9qgkMU&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AfAbDeDJTFht_xYmFuf_8Y3FX438Bt-VaF_9KBHhfjo7eA&oe=65822C0D) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010.md?page=2)