Mom gave us kids gifts of money about 2 yrs ago. She has been in and out of nursing home for rehab 3 times in the last 1.5 yrs, so...I tried to find out info on Medicaid (which of course is confusing). I knew Mom would not qualify at that time as she had given money and had not spent down any of her own. As expected, she got denied but when we got the denial, does that start the clock on how long she has to wait for the Medicaid penalty to pass?