I agree with Mr. Wolf, though it is not called a Medicaid qualifying trust, as those were outlawed in 1993. What your mother needs to consider is a Medicaid asset protection trust, also known as the Living Trust Plus, offered by over a dozen attorneys throughout Virginia. Whether this is appropriate depends upon the stage of her decline. You mentioned that you are trying to become her caregiver. It's not clear what you mean by that, or what stage of care she needs, but regardless, what you need is to meet with an experienced Elder law attorney who can discuss all of the options with you for you becoming a caregiver, whether you should be paid for your care, and how to protect the home from winding up being subject to Medicaid estate recovery if your mother ever obtains Medicaid long-term care benefits. And if your mother has other assets besides the home, of course those need to be protected as well in order to get her on Medicaid, if that becomes the goal. Please note that you, as a child, can be paid by Medicaid to be your mother's caregiver if and when she is deemed to be in need of the nursing home level of care. Please understand that Medicaid is the most complex area of law in the country, and is not something you can navigate yourself.