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NY Times opinion piece A Fitting Final Gift From Jimmy Carter

NY Times opinion piece A Fitting Final Gift From Jimmy Carter

Karen Bellone
End of Life Planning, Hospice

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter in 1966. Horace Cort/ Associated Press

In this NY Times opinion piece A Fitting Final Gift From Jimmy Carter about President Jimmy Carter’s final days, there is a beautiful human story to be shared. After a series of short hospital stays and at an advanced age, Carter opted for hospice care in order to stay at home rather than undergo further medical interventions. He realized his announcement would be a boost to the hospice movement, and he liked that. With his work with Habitat for Humanity he has spent decades building homes for so many, it is fitting and just that when his time comes, he has chosen to be in his home with his family and loved ones. There will be no doctors rushing in. When he draws his last breath there will only be quiet. He made his choice, and that's the best any of us can do.

Read A Fitting Final Gift From Jimmy Carter in The NYT here.

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