Interdisbciplinary Team News Today

im sara sidner in new york. jim acosta has the day off. you are in the "cnn newsroom." we begin with breaking news here at cnn. former president jimmy carter will begin receiving hospice care at his home in plains, georgia. that is according to a statement from the carter center which says the 98-year-old has decided to spend his remaining time surrounded by his family and forego any further medical treatment. our jeff zeleny has the latest. >> reporter: the decision of former presiden...

Interdisbciplinary team of providers. generally people who qualify for hospice care are people near the end of their life, life expectancy of less than six months, and individual who have an incurable medical condition. this is not about giving up on medical care, but rather its tending to the individual, tending to their caregivers, tending to their family. and its a type of care i think thats heavily underutilized. there are a lot more people who qualify for hospice care and who would probably...