Jimmy Carter, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and several former first ladies all gathered in Georgia Tuesday to honor the late Rosalynn Carter.
  • SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    47·
    3 年前

    I’m amazed at comments thinking this is unremarkable. Just look at the picture of the state he’s in. Very admirable that he was able to do this, I would not be surprised if he passes by not long after this.

    • Alto@kbin.social
      22·
      3 年前

      I think it’s less of a “it’s not impressive he did” and more of a “im not sure anything could have stopped him”. He very clearly deeply loved her, and I really doubt he’s particularly worried about the end potentially coming a tad bit sooner at this point.

    • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      12·
      3 年前

      I had no idea he was in hospice care since February. In my experience, I thought hospice care was where people go to die quietly with a little bit of dignity that hospitals don’t offer.

      • dirthawker0@lemmy.world
        17·
        3 年前

        Typically people go in when there’s not much time left, but hospice is really just a commitment that you’re not going to bother fighting whatever illness you’ve got or might get. People can go into hospice and stay there a long time, and even come out of it.

        • WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world
          8·
          3 年前

          That’s a common misconception about hospice. My Dad spent the last year of his life in and out of hospice with the the last 5 months in hospice care. The main difference is hospice is strictly palliative - no heroic measures if some major event happens.

  • Ashyr@sh.itjust.works
    27·
    3 年前

    Someday, far sooner than I’d like, I’ll look like that. I hope I can face it with the same dignity and sacrifice he’s demonstrated.

    • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
      10·
      3 年前

      Citizens look at 70 how he looks now at 99. Theres no way many of us are reaching that level of presence and health with the difference in healthcare hes seen and what we even have available to the public.

      • 5C5C5C@programming.dev
        9·
        3 年前

        I bet the most important factor in his healthcare is all the physical and mental exercise that he got from continuing to build houses for the underprivileged into his 90s.

        • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
          9·
          3 年前

          Unironically yes. He kept active and engaged, while not having to worry about laboring his health away and hardly making it to the next year while riddled in debt.

  • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    3 年前

    Wow, he looks every one of his 99 years. Managed to outlive the two presidents after him, that’s not bad!

  • WarmSoda@lemm.ee
    354·
    3 年前

    Wow. I can’t believe he attended his wife’s memorial service… Truly shocking.