Can I work if receiving Medicaid for spousal impoverishment due to long term care?

Barb is correct.  The Spousal Community Allowance will be reduced dollar-for-dollar by any income that the spouse receives, including wages, pensions, social security, etc.  If your income exceeds the allowance, then you will not receive back any of your husband's income.

It might be well worth the money to consult a qualified elder care attorney about this.

The part of your husband’s income that you receive will be reduced depending on the amount of your salary. The money from his SS or pension that you have been receiving will then go toward his share of cost to the nursing home. If he has no SS or pension, they will most likely Not take any of your salary unless it is a very high salary.

I don't have direct experience with this, but I think that you are misinterpreting what you've been told.

You and your husband have income. If he were single and in need of Medicaid, ALL of his income (Social Security, pension, etc) would be paid to the facility, minus a small "personal needs allowance" which he could use for toiletries, haircuts, etc.

But because he has a spouse, and Medicaid does NOT want his spouse (you) to become impoverished, they allow however much of his income (SS, Pension,etc) that is needed to keep you in your home, able to buy groceries, etc., to be excluded from being paid to the NH. Instead, it is available to you.

I'm assuming that you've been the caregiver, and thus haven't been working. I believe that if you go back to work, Medicaid will re-jigger the equation so that some of his SS and pension will then go to the facility to pay for his care.