Monticello, FL -- February 22, 2012 --

The Agency for Healthcare administration released a report about Nellie's Retired Inn. It explains the reason why they're shutting the place down.

"My heart dropped to my stomach, said Nichole Bivins," a resident at Nellie's.

"I'm saying my heart dropped to my stomach like it was a bomb because I didn't see anything that was wrong."

Instead of being sent to jail for aggravated battery, courts ordered Bivins to live in Nellie's retired Inn.

It's a group home in Monticello for people who can't care for themselves.

She's been living there for a while, which she enjoyed, but now she's upset because she has to leave.

"I wish they would've actually come and talk to us more about the situation, instead of dropping a bomb and everybody gotta leave in 45 days," she said.

Other residents along with Bivins said they didn't see anything wrong with the place. But, state officials say otherwise.

"We know this is a home to the people that live there, however there are expectations in terms of the sanitation and the environment in which they live," said Molly McKinstry with the Agency for Healthcare Administration.

In the report, AHCA points out these main reasons for shutting the place down.

One, failing to provide food in sanitary conditions.

Two, not giving residents the monthly allowance they are given by the state, which is $54.

"We'd like to think that we don't have to close facilities down, but unfortunately there are times where if they fail to reach regulatory requirements and they reach a certain severity level or there chronic over time that action becomes necessary," McKinstry said.

The administration at Nellie's is working slowly but surely to move all of it's residents home.

The AHCA is also assisting with moving patients to other locations.

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Monticello, FL -- February 21, 2012 --

Residents must find another place to live; workers have to find other employment.

A state agency notified employees and people at Nellie's Retired Inn in Monticello they have 45 days to move out. That's according to officials at the retirement home.

They say the Agency for Healthcare Administration investigated the company and said it didn't comply with state regulations.

A Nellie's representative says it's a family-owned retirement home that has been in business since the 70's.

They were told health issues are partially why they are being shut down.

Residents said they have nowhere to go and that they don't want to leave.

"I love it here," a passioned Christinna Wink said.

"It's my home. We like it here and they're telling us we have to move, we have to leave."

Eyewitness News put in a call to the AHCA to find out exactly why the agency is closing the home.

A representative said to expect a call back with more information.