The last time the United States issued a worldwide alert was October 2011, although it has issued other, less-urgent worldwide travel guidance more recently.
For federal tax purposes, medical expenses can include the cost of medical care in a nursing home, home for the aged, or similar institution, for the taxpayer or his or her spouse or dependents. It can include the cost of meals and lodging in the home if a principal reason for being in the home is to get medical care.
1 Statewide, the average cost of a nursing home is more than $5,000 per month. 2  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services's National Clearinghouse for Long-term Care has a wealth of information about costs of long term care by state.3  Medicaid. Private Pay. 2  Costs for long term care vary according to the location and type of facility and services offered. 3  Statewide, the average cost of a nursing home is more than $5,000 per month.