[header] How to protect estate assets of someone on medical assistance [title] Choose the type of trust. [step] To protect the estate assets of someone on medical assistance using a trust, the trust created generally must be irrevocable. Creating a revocable trust would mean the person still had control over the assets in the trust. 
[substeps] With an irrevocable trust, however, the person no longer owns the assets. Rather, the assets belong to the trust.