Provided the patient is there for necessary reasons, then all of it is deductible. Here are the rules:
Publication 502, Medical and Dental Expenses states:
- Qualified long-term care services are necessary diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, curing, treating, mitigating, rehabilitative services, and maintenance and personal care services...This includes services connected with caring for the patient's condition, such as giving medication or changing dressings, as well as bathing and grooming the patient. These services can be provided in your home or another care facility.
- You can include in medical expenses the cost of meals at a hospital or similar institution if a principal reason for being there is to get medical care.
- You can include in medical expenses the cost of medical care in a nursing home, home for the aged, or similar institution, for yourself, your spouse, or your dependents. This includes the cost of meals and lodging in the home if a principal reason for being there is to get medical care
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