Hello - My mother-in-law was diagnosed with dementia and is now residing in a memory care facility and are looked at as a long-term care community.
There is a monthly charge they only detail as level of care charges.
She is a 2-assist (needs care of two nurses).
I saw on the TT "The Ultimate Medical Expense Deductions Checklist" general examples and nursing care was one example, which I would think applies here as well as per the info provided under nursing services and Qualified Long-Term Care Services (chronically ill individual) under Pub. 502.
So, examples, the care charges include administering her medication, physical therapy, bathing and assisting her with going to the bathroom, getting her in and out of bed and on and off the wheelchair to name a few.
- Would this monthly charge be deducible as medical service fees I can enter in TT?
Also, we had to buy her a bed/mattress that raises and lowers to help them get her in and out of the bed. Without this they would have to get a Hoyer to lift her.
- Can we deduct this as medical equipment?
