Can I get help for expenditures for supplies etc for my bed bidden spouse? Mainly via TAX stuff.

Swb, is your wife on Medicare or Medicaid. It's my understanding with Medicaid that Medicaid will pay for certain items. You would need to contact your own State Medicaid office to see what is on that list.

Otherwise, keep a running total of what is spent along with the receipts. At tax time contact a tax preparer or a CPA who is familiar with such type of deductions.

I hope you didn't pay for a wheelchair; your wife's doctor could write a subscription for it and you could get it through a DME supplier, and likely Medicare would pay for it.

I don't know of a way that some things like soap or creams could be deducted as medical costs unless they were specifically prescribed or recommended by a doctor.

I can only imagine how frustrating this must be for you and hope that others have some suggestions to offer.