Attorney General Ashley Moody's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Orange Park Police Department are announcing the arrest of the former office manager of a nursing and rehab facility. Priscilla M. Sluder is accused of stealing nearly $30,000 from resident trust fund accounts for personal benefit.

A homicide investigation is underway at the Gold Choice Assisted Living & Memory Care facility on N. Old Kings Road in Palm Coast.

Nursing home patients are required by state law to receive three point six hours of direct care each day. Two and a half of those hours are to be from a certified nursing assistant -- and another hour by a registered nurse.

A Jacksonville nursing home facility is facing a $10 million federal lawsuit after a former employee who is openly gay says he was repeatedly harassed by three employees and forced to resign after he filed complaints with upper management.

Nursing homes in Florida are reporting staff shortages as coronavirus cases climb.

What to do if a nursing home is claiming your loved one's stimulus checkPublished: May 20, 2020, 6:57 pmFlorida's Attorney General Ashley Moody says her office is investigating complaints of nursing homes pocketing stimulus checks meant for residents in their care.

(CNN) – Nursing homes have no claim to their residents’ stimulus checks. The Federal Trade Commission reported that that nursing homes in several states are requesting residents sign over their stimulus checks. Here's why: The stimulus checks are considered tax credits per the CARES Act, which is providing economic relief to people and businesses. And if you're not sure whether you're being swindled, the FTC has a resource to identify common coronavirus scams. Some links may contain malware that can steal the user’s private information so scammers could claim their checks.