Deductions for a dependant parent?

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Expenses for a parent in a retirement home?

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As per CRA: You can claim as medical expenses the amounts you or your spouse or common-law partner paid for attendant care or care in a facility. The expenses must have been paid for the care of any of the following persons:

• yourself
• your spouse or common-law partner
• your dependant

A dependant is someone who depended on you for support and is any of the following persons:

• your or your spouse or common-law partner's child or grandchild
• your or your spouse or common-law partner's parent, grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece who lived in Canada at any time in the year.

Please see the CRA:  what all you can claim when in a retirement home found here: Attendant care.

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