PADONA

38th Annual Conference

Tuesday, March 24 – Friday, March 27, 2026

Our 38th Annual Conference will be held at The Hotel Hershey in Hershey, PA. We promise a fun-filled week of special events as well as great speakers and educational sessions to augment your post-acute clinical practice and leadership skills. Our education agenda typically offers 15 credit hours for both Registered Nurses and Nursing Home Administrators.

Exhibitor registration is now open! Attendee registration opens in December 2026.

You can contact LuAnn White at luann@padona.com with all questions. We are grateful to our members and business partners for their continued support!

We are grateful to our members and business partners for their continued support! We hope to see you in Hershey!

The room block is set up to accept online reservations at The Hotel Hershey. It is important that guests use only the web address below to make their reservations. Please copy and paste the link into a new browser any time you need to visit the site. Please note the link will not work in Internet Explorer.

Room Reservation Link: https://www.thehotelhershey.com/qr/KU6U1Q7FAW/

Important notes about the link:
• This link must be shared exactly as is with your group. If you click on the link and then copy a URL from the browser, the link will not work for group attendees.
• Internet Explorer is no longer supported, you and your group should not use IE in conjunction with the group link.
• For Government Employees, you must use a personal device to book with the link as the firewall on the Government-issued devices will restrict access to this link

Guests may also call to make reservations by calling 855-729-3108. Ask for the room block for PA Directors of Nursing Assn at The Hotel Hershey. The room block is available from March 30 – April 4, 2025. The reservations team is available seven days a week from 8 AM – 8 PM to assist you.

PADONA Group Room rate is: $289.00 per room per night plus 11% taxes

Credit cards are charged a one night’s advance deposit including tax at time of booking a room reservation.

Please be aware that the room block cut-off date is Monday, March 10, 2025. After the cut-off date, rooms and/or group rate may no longer be available.

Attend Our Conference

Join your peers at The Hotel Hershey, one of the finest historic hotels known for its refined elegance, signature service, and abundant amenities. Our conference agenda is filled with respected industry experts sharing their knowledge, expertise, and experience to assist you in elevating your nursing leadership and clinical practice. Simply by participating in our annual conference, attendees can obtain all required RN continuing education hours!
Registration will open in December 2025.

Early Registration Fee:
Before January 15, 2025

$500 for agency members
$600 for non-agency members

Regular Registration Fee:
Between Jan 15 & Feb 15, 2025

$550 for agency members
$650 for non-agency members

Late Registration Fee:
After February 15, 2025

$600 for agency members
$700 for non-agency members

Business Attendee: $875

Conference registration fee includes:

All educational programs – total of 17 continuing education hours
All meals, breaks, and conference events
Thursday evening party with live band, drinks and hors d’oeuvres
Downloadable handout reference materials

A few great things about our 2025 conference included:

Tuesday mid-day conference kick-off
Receive the most up-to-date information directly from industry experts and regulators
Network with your colleagues and learn from others who share similar challenges and opportunities
Quality time with vendors and business partners exploring relevant products and services
Enjoy more free time to network with colleagues.

PADONA, as an approved provider of nursing continuing professional development contact hours through PSNA, is offering 17 contact hours for nurses and nursing home administrators who attend each offered session and complete an evaluation of the conference. Remember, you can obtain all your required hours of nursing professional development continuing education simply by attending the conference each year! This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) for approval for 17 clock hours and 17 participant hours. Please be sure to include your license number(s) on your registration form, as our database program is linked to our registrants by their license number(s).

If you have questions regarding registration, please contact LuAnn White at luann@padona.com.

Attendee Registration

Complete this registration form and send it to us. You may pay via paypal or check.

- Register Here -

Attendee Registration

Complete this registration form and send it to us. You may pay via paypal or check.

- Register Here -

Attend Virtually

Virtual registration notes:

Clinical track only
Total of 15 continuing education hours
Handout reference materials
All pre-conference and conference sessions available

You will be able to virtually attend our conference sessions via our online webinar platform. The clinical track conference sessions will be streamed live for virtual attendees. The administrative track will not be accessible for virtual attendance. All four days of educational programming will be accessible to virtual attendees.

PADONA, as an approved provider of nursing continuing professional development contact hours through PSNA, is offering 15 contact hours for nurses and administrators who attend each offered virtual session and complete an evaluation of the Conference. Remember, you are able to obtain all of your required hours of nursing continuing professional development continuing education simply by attending the conference each year! This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) for approval for 15 clock hours and 15 participant hours. Virtual attendees will be required to login to the webinar platform on the same day and time as the scheduled sessions in order to participate virtually and receive credit hours.

As required by the credentialing organizations, we will be utilizing a dual verification process to track webinar attendance for credit hour purposes. Virtual attendees who meet our attendance and evaluation requirements will receive applicable NHA and RN credit hours.

If you have questions regarding registration, please contact LuAnn White at luann@padona.com.

Virtual Registration

Complete this registration form and send it to us. You may pay via paypal or check.

- Register Here -

Virtual Registration

Complete this registration form and send it to us. You may pay via paypal or check.

- Register Here -

Registration

Registration will open in December 2025.

If you have questions please call LuAnn White at (814) 599-3717 or email luann@padona.com.

Payment Options

In an effort to ensure your credit card payment information remains secure, we will no longer be utilizing the ‘Credit Card Authorization Form’ to process credit card payments. Effective today, to make credit card payments, please utilize one of the following methods:

1. Pay with credit or debit card via Paypal. Complete the registration form on this page and you will be automatically directed to paypal for payment processing.

2. You can submit your registration form directly to LuAnn White. Once registration is received, LuAnn will generate an invoice that will include a payment link for you to pay directly via credit card.

3. Make checks payable to PADONA and mail to:
LuAnn White
14232 Croghan Pike
Mount Union, PA 17066

* There is a $100 processing fee for all cancellations.

2025 Exhibitors

2025 Supporters

We are excited to have so many wonderful partners contributing to our annual conference! We invite you to join our growing list of sponsors and are eager to discuss any ideas you may have that will help boost your engagement with our participants.

Aculabs, Inc
Celebration Party – Wine Sponsorship

Affinity Health Services, Inc.
Celebration Party – Band Sponsor

Candace McMullen
Celebration Party – Photo Booth

CHR Consulting Services, Inc.
Celebration Party – Door Prize Sponsor

Diamond Pharmacy Services
Thursday Morning Coffee Sponsor

ESHYFT
Attendee Lanyard Sponsor

Jewish Healthcare Foundation – Health Careers Futures
Thursday Conference Sponsor

MDS-Consultants
Celebration Party – Food Station Sponsorship

Phoebe Pharmacy
Conference Bag Sponsor

Premier Therapy, LLC
Registration Sponsor

Physician’s Mobile X-Ray
Celebration Party – Beer Sponsor

Quality Insights
Wednesday Conference Sponsor

Brockie Pharmatech
Celebration Party Food Station Sponsor

Aculabs, Inc
Celebration Party – Wine Sponsorship

Affinity Health Services, Inc.
Celebration Party – Band Sponsor

Brockie Pharmatech
Celebration Party Food Station Sponsor

Candace McMullen
Celebration Party – Photo Booth

CHR Consulting Services, Inc.
Celebration Party – Door Prize Sponsor

Diamond Pharmacy Services
Thursday Morning Coffee Sponsor

ESHYFT
Attendee Lanyard Sponsor

Jewish Healthcare Foundation – Health Careers Futures
Thursday Conference Sponsor

MDS-Consultants
Celebration Party – Food Station Sponsorship

Phoebe Pharmacy
Conference Bag Sponsor

Premier Therapy, LLC
Registration Sponsor

Physician’s Mobile X-Ray
Celebration Party – Beer Sponsor

Quality Insights
Partial Virtual Conference sponsor – Wednesday Sponsor

We would also like to thank the following supporters for providing speakers who are presenting valuable educational sessions during the conference:

Affinity Health Services
Cain Coaching and Consulting
CHR Consulting Services, Inc.
CTRI Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute
Department of Health | Division of Safety Inspection
Eshyft
Emergency Medical Services of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Inc.
HAPevolve
Inspired2Results!
Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Joseph A. Paletta, Attorney at Law
Latsha Davis & Marshall, P.C.
MDS Consultants, LLC

Office of Long-Term Living, Bureau of QA and Program Analytics
PA Dept of Health, Bureau of Fac Licensure & Cert
Pennsylvania Association Directors of Nursing Administration
Penn State Health, Penn State College of Medicine
Pennsylvania Health Care Association
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Post and Schell, PC
Premier Therapy
Select Rehabilitation
Stever Advisors, LLC
Suburban Geriatrics
Vital Healthcare Solutions

PADONA

38th Annual Conference

Tuesday, March 24 – Friday, March 27, 2026

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