Rosalynn Carter has dementia, according to her family. The 95-year-old has spent long stretches of her life advocating for mental health and better access to care.
The former first lady was a strong advocate for social issues and wrote several books. Jimmy Carter has been in palliative care at home surrounded by his family since mid-February. He made public in 2015 that he was suffering from liver cancer and melanomas in his brain. He later announced that he had overcome the disease.