Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, The Carter Center says
May 30, 2023
ATLANTA — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, her family announced May 30, 2023.
Carter, now 95, remains at home with former President Jimmy Carter, 98, who has been at home receiving hospice care since early this year.
“She continues to live happily at home with her husband, enjoying spring in Plains and visits with loved ones,” the family said via The Carter Center, the global humanitarian organization the couple founded in 1982, less than two years after Jimmy Carter’s landslide defeat.
Rosalynn Carter has spent her long public life advocating for individuals and families affected by mental illness and for those in caregiving relationships with loved ones, according to the family’s statement.
The family has not disclosed any specific diagnosis for either the former president or the former first lady. The Tuesday statement said the Carter family would have no further comment.