Can a nursing home take life insurance?

You would pay the facility with that money as part of a Medicaid spend down. This is not a facility rule, it is a Medicaid rule.

What Pam said is right. My father left my mother some life insurance, which is being held in the bank. If my mother should have to go to a nursing home, any money she has will go toward her care. It is the nice think about life insurance. It was my father's way of taking care of my mother after he was gone.

I thought you were allowed up to $10000. on non-cash valued policy for burial.

Plus, in some states, the funeral home is a higher ranked creditor than Medicaid.