hospice
Carter, 98, is receiving hospice care at his Georgia home and is declining further medical intervention.
"My mom looked at me and said, 'You put me here to die.' ... Those words are ones that I’ve returned to often since she passed away."
"All I knew was that she wasn’t going to take her final breath in a hospital."
"'I’ve had a wonderful life, and now I can’t live it the way I want to,' he explained. 'So I’m done. And that’s OK.'"
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
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