Washington CNN —Rosalynn Carter, the former first lady of the United States and wife of former President Jimmy Carter, has dementia, the Carter Center announced on Tuesday. “The Carter family is sharing that former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia. Additional details about Carter, 95, were not immediately provided and the Center said it did not expect to comment further. President Carter, 98, began home hospice care in February after a series of short hospital stays. At an event in Norcross, Georgia, last week honoring the former president, President Carter’s former UN ambassador, Andrew Young, described the former president to WSB-TV as being in good spirits during a visit with him last month.

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