Caring for an adult
These benefits can help with the costs of caring for another adult.
Common caring for an adult benefits
Newfoundland and Labrador
If your income is $46,500 or less and you need to make changes to your home to make it more accessible, the Home Modification Program (HMP) can give you a forgivable loan up to $7,500 or a repayable loan up to $10,000.
Forgivable loan up to $7,500, Repayable loans up to $10,000.
Easy application
Newfoundland and Labrador
Individualized Living Arrangements (ILAs) provide additional financial help, above the basic income support for adults with an intellectual disability with no other service option and unable to live with their natural family.
Easy application
Newfoundland and Labrador
There are options available for seniors for Long-Term Care Facilities and Personal Care Homes. You may also be able to get financial subsidies to lower the costs you would pay.
Easy application
Newfoundland and Labrador
If you need help with daily living activities, the Provincial Home Support Program provides financial help to help you live independently in your home for as long as possible.
Easy application
Federal
The Canada Caregiver Credit (CCC) is a non-refundable tax credit that can help you if you support a spouse, common-law partner, or a dependent with a physical or mental impairment.
You can claim between $2,350 and $7,525 on your tax return. The amount of the refund you get will be less than that. It depends on the amount of tax you paid during the tax year in which you are claiming this credit.
Easy application
Federal
The Multigenerational Home Renovation Tax Credit is a new refundable tax credit for the costs of certain renovation expenses to an eligible dwelling to establish a secondary unit. The secondary unit must allow a senior or an adult who is eligible for the disability tax credit to live with a qualifying relative. This amount may be claimed on your tax return (starting from the 2023 tax return).
You can claim up to $50,000 in qualifying expenditures for each qualifying renovation that is completed. The tax credit is 15% of your costs, up to a maximum of $7,500, for each claim you are eligible to make.
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