A FAMILY spokesman says former US President George H.W. Bush is out of intensive care after being hospitalised a day after his wife’s funeral.

Spokesman Jim McGrath said that the 93-year-old former president has been moved to a regular patient room and is expected to remain at Houston Methodist Hospital for “several more days.”

Mr Bush is being treated for an infection that spread to his blood.

Mr McGrath said Mr Bush is “alert and talking with hospital staff, family and friends,” and that doctors are “very pleased with his progress.”

The nation’s 41st president has been hospitalised since Sunday, a day after the funeral for Barbara Bush, his wife of 73 years.

Mr McGrath said Mr Bush is thankful for prayers and good wishes.

He says the former president is more focused on the Houston Rockets playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves “than anything that landed him in the hospital.”

The Rockets lead the Timberwolves 3-1 in their best-of-seven NBA playoff series.

Mr Bush took to Twitter to thank Houston for its “professionalism and obvious care” during the memorials and services for his wife.

In a tweet posted Wednesday morning, the 93-year-old Bush thanked Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, the city police and transit agency, Second Baptist Church and St. Martin’s Episcopal Church “and really all Houstonians” for “making Barbara’s visitors and funeral guests feel so welcomed.”

The 41st president made no mention of his own health in his tweet.