re: Medicaid 5 Year Look Back Advice/Loop-Hole?

I think my post was misunderstood...I do understand that is her money to use on her. The point was to save any assets that we could.

I was under the impression that Medicaid would pay a portion of any nursing home/situation.

She currently has about 180,000 in assets, which includes her house. She will receive around 2,000 a month from SS, disability, etc. I figured that would help alleviate the cost of a nicer facility, along with her assets being used until Medicaid could kick in.