Does Medicare Include Nursing Home Care? 
Medicare offers limited care for treatment in a skilled nursing facility -LRB- SNF -RRB- or nursing home . You must have a medical need for being in the home . Admittance to the nursing home must follow a qualified stay -LRB- at least 3 days -RRB- as an inpatient in a hospital . If Medicare approves your claim your Medicare supplement policy will pay their portion of the approved claim . 