Archived Issue: March 2010

Assisted Living is Tax-Deductible

One Family's Journey

Alzheimer's Caregiver Tips: Dressing

 

 


Medical expenses can really add up. Did you know that there may be a way to write off those expenses at tax time?

Residents, family members, and others who pay for an individual's care in an assisted living community can, in most cases, file the entire monthly cost of assisted living as a tax-deductible medical expense. Such information gives you another tool regarding the affordability of assisted living for seniors and their family members.

 

 


A mother and daughter share their journey, from their decision process, their search for the right home, the adjustments each of them had to make to what their new life is like now.


Getting dressed is an important part of everyone's self esteem, but it is also something we typically do in private. Assisting someone, who has dementia, with dressing can be a challenge because it is something they are used to doing independently.