Some home-support services not included in your condominium fees (common expenses) are eligible for the tax credit for the tax credit for home-support services for seniors.

To be eligible for the tax credit, the services must be either pay-per-use or provided under a contract. They cannot, however, be provided by your spouse or by a dependant.

The services may be provided by a business (for example, a self-employed person, a co-operative or a business in the social economy sector) or by a person you employ and who issues you an invoice.

Only the cost of services is eligible. The cost of supplies required to provide services is not.

The following items are excluded from the cost of eligible services:

• toiletries 
• food 
• cleaning products 
• everyday necessities

Eligible services

Personal care services

Personal care services are related to the daily activities of a person who is unable to take care of themselves. They only include services for:

• dressing 
• personal hygiene (for example, help with bathing) 
• personal mobility and transfers (moving around in the home)
• eating and drinking

Meal services

Meal services may include:

• help preparing meals in your dwelling
• meal preparation and delivery by a non-profit community organization (such as Meals on Wheels)

Meal services do not include the cost of food or delivery made by a restaurant.

Nursing services

Nursing services include the care provided by:

• a nurse 
• a nursing assistant

Housekeeping, grounds maintenance and snow removal services

Examples of housekeeping services:

• sweeping, dusting and cleaning of living areas
• maintaining appliances (cleaning the oven or refrigerator)
• cleaning rugs and upholstered furniture (armchairs and sofas)
• cleaning air ducts (if they do not have to be dismantled)
• minor maintenance work performed outside your home that is not included in your condominium fees (for example, installing or removing a portable air conditionin unit every year) 
• chimney sweeping

Laundry services

Laundry services include the care of your clothing and household linens (curtains, bedding, towels, etc.) by a household service worker in your home.

Supervision and support services

Supervision and support services include:

• non-specialized night supervision, monitoring and companion sitting;
• person-centered remote monitoring services (such as emergency call systems activated by a panic button on a bracelet or pendant, or a remote health monitoring system that reads vital signs (pulse, blood pressure and blood oxygen saturation levels, for example) and blood glucose levels);
• services related to the use of a personal GPS locator (while the cost of renting or purchasing such a device is not an eligible expense for the purposes of the tax credit for home-support services, you may be able to claim a portion of that cost under the independent living tax credit for seniors [line 462]).

Civic support services

Civic support services are services that enable you to fulfill your duties or civic obligations. These services include:

• help going to vote
• budget management
• help completing certain forms 

Supplying everyday necessities and running other errands

Supplying everyday necessities and running other errands includes:

• delivering groceries 
• delivering prescription drugs
• piling firewood