April 2013
| Business World Magazine | 61
Attic Angel’s Chief Operating Officer
Derek Buckley says collaboration will be an
increasing trend in senior care services. He
says communities like Attic Angel are in-
creasingly forming coalitions and sharing re-
sources in offering home health, hospital and
hospice services and more “so residents can
best utilize the healthcare system in the com-
munity they’re in... and benefit from transi-
tions in care.”
Collaboration, teamwork and consum-
mate dedication to serving residents have
helped Attic Angel garner recognition as a
leader in its industry. Amazingly, Attic An-
gel has been free of quality of care infrac-
tions during annual regulatory inspections
that govern all related facilities. At the end
of 2012, the Medicare rating for Attic An-
gel Place was 5 stars, an achievement secured
by only 20 percent of similar facilities in
Wisconsin. Staffing may account for some
of that success, such as, the number of reg-
istered nurse hours per resident per day, as
well as certified nursing assistants available
per resident per day, is higher than state av-
erages. Buckley, however, asserts that those
professional duties are backed-up by highly
personal commitment to the maintaining of
