If you are a chronically ill individual as defined by the IRS, then you can claim medical and lodging expenses as a medical expense for Schedule A, Itemized Deductions. The key is that you must be chronically ill, not that you simply live in a retirement community that can provide those services.
Here is an excerpt from the IRS Publication 502, Medical Expenses:
Chronically ill individual.
An individual is chronically ill if, within the previous 12 months, a licensed health care practitioner has certified that the individual meets either of the following descriptions.
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He or she is unable to perform at least two activities of daily living without substantial assistance from another individual for at least 90 days, due to a loss of functional capacity. Activities of daily living are eating, toileting, transferring, bathing, dressing, and continence.
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He or she requires substantial supervision to be protected from threats to health and safety due to severe cognitive impairment.
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