Deductions & credits

@rjson the 2nd comment, it states the adult child may be eligible for a tax DEDUCTION; it never states a tax CREDIT.  While vaguely written, if the assisted living parent can be claimed as a dependent of their adult child's tax return, that adult child can deduct all those medical expenses (subject to the 7.5% limit). I suspect that is what it means, but could have been written more clearly.