Former President Jimmy Carter has now been in hospice care for one year.
The 39th president, who turned 99 in October, entered hospice care on Feb. 18, 2023. The Carter Center said America's longest living president would spend his "remaining time" at his Georgia home in hospice care instead of continuing cancer treatments.
"After a series of short hospital stays, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention," the center said at the time. "He has the full support of his family and his medical team. The Carter family asks for privacy during this time and is grateful for the concern shown by his many admirers."
On Saturday, his family told USA Today in a statement about the 99-year-old: "The Carter family is grateful for the many expressions of love they have received and the continued respect for their privacy during this time. The family is pleased that his decision last year to enter hospice care has sparked so many family discussions across the country on an important subject."
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Carter Center for comment.
The vast majority of patients spend fewer than three months in hospice, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
Carter was diagnosed with cancer in early 2015, after doctors performed liver surgery, according to a statement from the Carter Center, which made it clear that his cancer had spread to other parts of his body.
In December 2015, Carter told his Sunday School class that he no longer had cancer.
They had been married for 77 years.