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For seniors who are eligible to claim the disability amount,
attendant care expenses paid to a retirement home may be claimed as a medical
expense.
To claim this amount, a receipt must be provided from the
retirement home, detailing the amount paid for attendant care. Eligible
attendant care costs would include the salaries and wages of employees of the
retirement home who provide the services of meal preparation, health care,
housekeeping for the resident's individual living space, laundry service for
the resident's personal laundry, transportation services, and security in
secured units.
Rent expense and food costs cannot be included as medical
expenses. If the above
mentioned attendant care expenses are provided by the retirement home, but not
invoiced separately, the home should be asked to provide a receipt which
details the portion of the total payment which would reasonably apply as
attendant care.
Please see the attendant care
expenses article for information on how the attendant care expenses can be
deducted, as the taxpayer has a choice in how it is done.
If a previous tax return has already been filed without this expense claimed, or
you would like to request a reassessment for a prior year, see the article on changing your tax
return.
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