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ATLANTA (AP) — Since Jimmy Carter entered hospice care at his home in south Georgia one year ago, the former U.S. president has celebrated his 99th birthday, enjoyed tributes to his legacy and lost his wife of 77 years. Those advocates commend the Carter family for demonstrating the realities of aging, dementia and death. Almost half of Medicare patients who died that year did so under hospice care. JIMMY CARTER’S ENDURANCE IS NOT UNUSUALIn 2021, the average stay of hospice patients who died was 92 days, MedPAC calculated. About 10% of enrollees who die in hospice care stayed more than 264 days.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Carter, “ It’s, ”, Angela Novas, it’s, “, Mollie Gurian, ” Gurian, Gurian, Chip Carter, Jimmy, Rosalynn, Novas, JIMMY CARTER’S, ’, Jimmy Carter’s, JIMMY CARTER, ” Novas Organizations: ATLANTA, Hospice Foundation of America, Medicare, Advisory, Novas, The Washington Post Locations: Georgia, Washington, Plains, U.S, “

☆ Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter returned to Georgia hometown for burial
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Maria Cardona | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Members of an Armed Forces body bearer team moves the casket after the funeral service for former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church, in Plains, Georgia, U.S. November 29, 2023. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsPLAINS, Georgia, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A private funeral was held on Wednesday for Rosalynn Carter at a church in her hometown of Plains, Georgia, marking the end of three days of tributes celebrating the life and humanitarian work of the former U.S. first lady, who died at the age of 96. Uniformed officers from local police and sheriff's departments silently lined a street in the tiny rural birthplace of former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn, his wife of 77 years. Residents of the town, adorned with murals of Jimmy Carter and other tributes to its most famous son, recalled Rosalynn as a humble neighbor who helped mow the lawns and organize the food bank at the Carters' church. PARTNER TO THE PRESIDENTOn Monday, Rosalynn Carter lay in repose at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta.

Persons: Rosalynn Carter, Alex Brandon, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn, Bren Dubay, Dubay, Carter, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Bill Clinton, Maria Alejandra Cardona, Jonathan Allen, Elijah Nouvelage, Richard Chang Organizations: Armed Forces, U.S, Maranatha Baptist Church, REUTERS Acquire, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, White, Humanity, Thomson Locations: Plains , Georgia, U.S, , Georgia, Plains, Atlanta, Guinea, West Africa, New York

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Rosalynn Carter will receive her final farewells Wednesday in the same tiny town where she was born and that served as a home base as she and her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, climbed to the White House and spent four decades thereafter as global humanitarians. Coming from that town of about 600 — then and now — Rosalynn Carter became a global figure whose “effort changed lives,” her grandson said. But there is a wooden cross that Jimmy Carter fashioned in his woodshop and offering plates that he turned on his lathe. Church members, who are included in the invitation-only congregation, rarely talk of ”President Carter” or “Mrs. Her hearse will pass Plains Methodist Church where she married young Navy Lt. Jimmy Carter in 1946.

Persons: — Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, ”, Jason Carter, Jimmy Carter's, Rosalynn, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Carter ”, Mrs, Carter, Mr, Jimmy ” Organizations: White, Maranatha Baptist Church, The Carter Center, Glenn Memorial Church, Maranatha, Methodist, Secret Service Locations: Ga, Plains, Americus, Atlanta, America, U.S, Methodist Church, American

☆ PHOTOS: A frail-looking Jimmy Carter attends Rosalynn Carter's tribute service
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Elias Chavez | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A memorial service for Rosalynn Carter was held in Atlanta on Tuesday, November 28. In attendance were all living US first ladies and the 99-year-old Jimmy Carter. Rosalynn Carter died on November 19, in her hometown of Plains, Ga., at the age of 96. AdvertisementNinety-nine-year-old former President Jimmy Carter, ten months into home hospice care, attended the memorial service for his wife, Rosalynn, on Tuesday. The former first lady died on November 19 at home in Plains, Georgia, at age 96.

Persons: Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, —, Rosalynn, hadn't, Doug Emhoff Organizations: Service Locations: Atlanta, Plains , Ga, Georgia, Plains , Georgia

☆ Melania Trump made a rare public appearance with other former first ladies at Rosalynn Carter's funeral
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rosalynn Carter, wife of former president Jimmy Carter, died on November 19 at age 96. Melania Trump, who has largely been absent from the 2024 campaign trail, also made an appearance. AdvertisementMelania Trump made a rare public appearance on Tuesday, joining other former first ladies Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, and Hillary Clinton at a tribute service for Rosalynn Carter in Atlanta, Georgia. Former first lady Melania Trump arrives for a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. In September, Donald told "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker that his wife would join him on the campaign trail "when it's appropriate, but pretty soon."

Persons: Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton, Melania Trump, —, Rosalynn, Melania, Donald Trump, Michelle, Barack Obama, George W, Bush, Brynn Anderson, Donald, Kristen Welker Organizations: Service, Mental Health, CNN, Carter Center, Glenn Memorial Church, Emory University, Getty, White House, The New York Times Locations: Georgia, Atlanta , Georgia

AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) — Rosalynn Carter will make her final journey to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Center on Monday as her family begins three days of memorials for the former first lady and global humanitarian who died Nov. 19 at the age of 96. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, longtime friends of the Carters, lead the dignitaries expected to attend the Atlanta service. Some well-wishers began honoring Rosalynn Carter soon after her death, including an uptick in visitors to the Presidential Center campus. At the campus's Rosalynn Carter Health and Human Sciences Complex, there will be a wreath-laying ceremony attended by the current leadership of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving. A brief service of repose is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. — before public access — once her remains arrive at Carter Presidential Center.

Persons: — Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter's, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Jimmy Carter's, ”, Kim Fuller, we’re, Rosalynn Carter, Brendan Green, ” Green, Carter's, Carter, Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff, Glenn, Carters, Fuller, ” Fuller, Sudhin Thanawala Organizations: Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, Maranatha Baptist Church, White House, Maranatha, “, Presidential Center, Medical, Georgia Southwestern State University, Georgia Southwestern College, Carter Health, Human Sciences, Carter Institute for Caregiving, Carter, Luke’s Episcopal Church, Peachtree, Glenn Memorial Church, Emory University, Emory, Methodist, Plains Methodist Church, Associated Press Locations: AMERICUS, Ga, Sumter County, Georgia, Atlanta, Plains, caregiving, Maranatha, Chicago, Americus, St, Luke’s, Peachtree St

Then Jimmy Carter called for help from his family’s peanut farming warehouse. “I can use my time better than that.”As president, Jimmy Carter sent her abroad as an official diplomat. Lillian Carter, a nurse, delivered Eleanor Rosalynn Smith and a few days later brought young Jimmy Carter back to the Smith home to meet the baby. Jimmy Carter was a smitten newlywed, writing in poetry that his wife's beauty struck songbirds into silence. First, Jimmy Carter sat at her bedside in his wheelchair.

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They spoke to The Associated Press in the months leading up to Rosalynn Carter's death Sunday at age 96. “I do not think there has ever been another sort of leader in the mental health field who has had as much of an impact on mental health care and access to care and how we think about mental health and mental illness as Mrs. Carter,” Cade said. Then, as president, he created a national commission on mental health, which led to the passage of the Mental Health Systems Act of 1980, a major revamping of federal policy that sought to treat people with mental illness in their communities. Those who worked with her over the decades say Carter’s accomplishments were rooted in her compassion and listening skills. What else could we be doing?”____Associated Press reporter Holly Ramer received a 2017-18 Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism.

Persons: Rosalynn Carter, ”, “ feebleminded, Hugh Gallen, Dayton Duncan, “, ” Duncan, Jimmy, Kathy Cade, Rosalynn, Carter, ” Cade, ” Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, Reagan, Cynthia Wainscott, you’re, Wainscott, Bill Lichtenstein, ” Lichtenstein, Lichtenstein, Marion Scher, ” Scher, Cade, Holly Ramer Organizations: CONCORD, U.S . Justice Department, Gov, Laconia State School, White, Carter, Associated Press, Mental Health Systems, Carter Center, Mental Health America, National Mental Health Association of Georgia, ABC News, The Carter Center, Mental Health Journalism Locations: N.H, Laconia , New Hampshire, Laconia, Atlanta, Georgia, Boston, U.S, South Africa

“I was in all the states,” Rosalynn Carter told the AP. At The Carter Center, she launched a fellowship for journalists to pursue better coverage of mental health issues. Years later, Rosalynn and Jimmy would quietly support integration — and call for it more vocally at Plains Baptist Church. Ruth Carter later engineered a date between her brother and Rosalynn during one of his trips home from the U.S. But the void would not begin to close until the former president conceived The Carter Center.

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1945: She begins dating Jimmy Carter, now a Naval Academy midshipman and the brother of her close friend, Ruth Carter. 1987: She establishes the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers, located at her collegiate alma mater, to advocate for Americans who are unpaid caregivers. 1996: She establishes the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism, based at The Carter Center, to help working journalists produce better reporting on the topic. November 2016: She hosts the Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy for the 32nd time. Rosalynn Carter dies at home in Plains, Georgia, in the same house where the Carters lived when Jimmy was elected to the state Senate in 1962.

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