Former US President Jimmy Carter, 98, will begin receiving palliative care at home instead of additional medical intervention, the Carter Center announced on Saturday, News.ro and Reuters reported.

“After a series of brief hospitalizations, former US President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive palliative care rather than further medical intervention. He has the full support of his family and his medical team. “, the statement quoted by the American press reads.

98-year-old Democrat Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. In recent years, he suffered from several health problems, including melanoma that spread to his liver and brain, although he responded well to the treatment he received.

After the death of George W. Bush, who died at the end of 2018 at the age of 94, Jimmy Carter became the oldest American president in history. He has made less public appearances in recent years due to the coronavirus pandemic, but has continued to speak out about the risks to democracy around the world, a cause he has championed throughout his life.

A peanut farmer and lieutenant in the U.S. Navy before entering politics, Carter was first governor of Georgia and then president of the United States.

Mediating the 1978 Camp David Accords with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin remains central to his legacy.

However, he also presided over the 1979-1980 American hostage-taking in Iran, which earned him a reputation for naivety internationally and many critics domestically.

After a sharp defeat by Republican Ronald Reagan in 1981, he remained an active human rights activist. The 39th president of the United States found his calling as a man of peace, carrying out humanitarian missions from Cuba to North Korea and driving through Ethiopia.

In 2002, he received the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize for “decades of tireless efforts to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts.”