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 Based on the average length of stay in a nursing home of 2.8 years 2, a person needing care today would need more than $200,000 for a long term care event requiring a private nursing home room 1 Genworth Financial Cost of Care Survey, conducted by CareScout, April 2009.2  2 Genworth Financial claims history. At least 70 percent of people over age 65 will require some long-term care services at some point; more than 40 percent will need care in a nursing home U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, September 2008. 2  The cost of long term care in U.S. has increased for the sixth consecutive year.