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Mom owns a trailer in retirement park. Considering selling it to family member. What liability will there be (if mom has to go to nursing home) to that family member if this happens? Have heard there is a time period (3 years?) which allows the care facility to still attempt to procure money from that property once her insurance is depleted? Would Appreciate advice. Thanks D

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Sunnygirl1 is right. Whatever assets your mother has will be used by Medicaid before they kick in. Whoever buys the home will not have any liability. It's the person who sells it and gets money from it. Document everything the money is spent on.
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Are you referring to applying for Medicaid Long Term Care in the future? Is sounds like she has LTC insurance. Is that right? I hope you get some responses on that.

I'm no expert, but, I do know that she'll need to be aware that selling her property below market value can be problematic. And once she gets the funds from the sale of the mobile home, that will sit in her bank account, right? Will she be using those funds to live on? Will her expenses be documented, such as rent, utilities, food, clothes, appliances, etc? How long before she would have no more than $2000.00 in assets?

I'd look into how her home may be exempt for Medicaid eligibility purposes. But, a lien could be placed on it at her death. I hope some others who know a lot about this will chime in. Oh, and I think that the look back period is now 5 years, though state programs still may be 3 years  for special programs for AL and MC facilities. 
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