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:
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Organizations:
ATLANTA, Hospice Foundation of America, Medicare, Advisory, Novas, The Washington Post
Locations:
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