MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — The owners of a long-embattled Mesa assisted living facility are permanently barred from caring for vulnerable adults, following an abuse and neglect settlement on Wednesday.
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office said the former Heritage Village Assisted Living, owned by Gary and Tracy Langendoen, didn’t do “the bare minimum” to make sure vulnerable adults in their care weren’t abused or neglected.
“This agreement ends strongly-contested claims without any admission of wrongdoing,” said Jennifer Wassermann, of Davis Miles, PLLC, attorneys for the defendants. “Regardless of the Attorney General’s self-serving statements in her press release on this topic, the health and safety of the employees and residents at Heritage Village have always been a high priority to the defendants”…