PADONA
35th Annual Conference
Tuesday March 28 - Friday March 31 2023
Our 35th Annual Conference will be held from Tuesday, March 28 through Friday, March 31, 2023 at The Hotel Hershey in Hershey, PA. Plan now to join us at the beautiful Hotel Hershey. 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 16.5 credit hours for both Registered Nurses and Nursing Home Administrators. We also plan to bring our Thursday night party back again in 2023!
The PADONA room block at The Hotel Hershey is open. Please contact the Hotel Hershey directly at 855-729-3108 to make room reservations under the PADONA room block at the discounted room rate. Rooms fill up fast so book soon!
If you would like to book your room online, please visit:
https://reservations.hersheypa.com/HRSApp/HRSHome?groupCode=PADONA2023H&venue=hotelHershey
You can contact Candace Jones at cjones@padona.com with all questions. We are grateful to our members and business partners for their continued support!
Yours in Service,
Candace McMullen
PADONA Board Chair/Executive Director
Purchase the 2022 conference session recordings
Attend Our Conference
Simply by participating in the conference each year, you are able to obtain all of your required annual RN continuing education hours! PADONA, as an approved provider, offers 16.5 contact hours for nurses who attend all offered programs and complete an evaluation form.
Conference registration fee includes:
- All educational programs
- Total of 16.5 continuing education hours
- Handout reference materials
- Covers both clinical & administrative tracks
PADONA, as an approved provider of nursing continuing professional development contact hours through PSNA, is offering 16.5 contact hours for nurses and administrators who attend each offered 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 convention 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 16.5 clock hours and 16.5 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 Candy Jones at cjones@padona.com.

COVID Policy:
Please note that our COVID vaccination policy has changed for our 2023 conference. Fortunately, we are in a much stronger place today as a nation, with more tools—like vaccinations, boosters, and treatments—to protect ourselves and our communities, from severe illness from COVID-19. While the pandemic is not over, we have moved to a point where COVID-19 no longer severely disrupts our daily lives. PADONA strongly encourages all of our conference attendees, exhibitors, supporters, and speakers to get vaccinated, including boosters, as a primary defense against COVID-19. We are all professionals who work with a vulnerable population. As such, I expect that we will be honorable and forthright in our decision-making. For our 2023 conference, we ask that each participant complete a COVID-19 test (preferably PCR test) within 48 hours of conference arrival and only attend with negative results. Do not attend the conference with cold or flu-like symptoms, such as head congestion, fever, cough, rhinitis, tiredness, body aches, headache, sore throat, nausea and/or diarrhea. Immediately leave the conference if any of the above symptoms develop while onsite and notify conference staff of symptoms.
Attend Virtually
Virtual registration notes:
- Clinical track only
- Total of 16.5 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 16.5 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 16.5 clock hours and 16.5 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 Candy Jones at cjones@padona.com.
Registration
If you have questions please call Candy Jones at (856) 906-4428 or email cjones@padona.com.
Payment Options
1. Pay via Paypal.
Complete the registration form on this page and you will be automatically directed to paypal for payment processing.
2. Pay using our credit card authorization form. Complete and fax this form along with your registration form to: (856) 780-5149 and we will process the payment for you.
3. Make checks payable to PADONA and mail to:
Candace Jones
1788 Pacillo Place
The Villages, FL 32163
* There is a $100 processing fee for all cancellations. No refunds will be issued after September 1st.
2023 Exhibitors
Acadia Pharmaceuticals | Aculabs | Advanced PICC Specialists | AdvantageCare Rehabilitation | AlixaRx | American Medical Technology | Angelini Pharma | APN Healthcare Solutions | Benchmark Therapies | Biocodex | Blackburn’s | Brockie Pharmatech | Care Options Rx | Castle Biosciences | Chestnut Ridge Foam | Columbia Ancillary Services | Consolidated Medical Supply | Contract Pharmacy Services | Diamond Pharmacy Services & Medical Supply | Docrite/Sightrite/Pedirite | ESHYFT | Essity/Tena | GeneIQ Intelligent Diagnostics | General Healthcare Resources | Gentell | Global Health Products | Grane Rx | Guardian Healthcare Pharmacy | Health Direct Pharmacy Services | HNL Lab Medicine | H&R Healthcare | ICP Inc | Infinia Search & Staffing | Integrated Wound Care | Jewish Healthcare Foundation | Lilly USA (Senior Care) | Manheim Medical Supply | McKesson Medical Surgical | MedCare LTC (a UnitedRx Company) | Medtrition | MHS Labs | Minnich’s Continuing Care Pharmacy | Omnicare Pharmacy (CVS Health Company) | Optum Home & Community | PA Project Firstline | Partners Pharmacy | Pelican Risk Retention Group | PharMerica | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | Phoebe Pharmacy | Physician’s Mobile X-ray | Polaris Pharmacy Services | Powerback Rehabilitation | Precision Health | Premier Therapy | ProCare Medical | Quality Insights | Rx Partners | Sage Technology Solutions | Scrubs on Wheels | Select Rehabilitation | ShiftMed | Span America Med Systems (Savaria) | Sunovion Pharmaceuticals | Symphony Diagnostic Services No 1 (dba TridentCare) | Symtech Solutions | Synergy Pharmacy Services | Teva Pharmaceuticals | Tides Medical | TZMO USA | Urovant Sciences | US Complete Care | VaxServe (Sanofi Company) | Vertical Staffing Corporation | Vital Healthcare Solutions | Vohra Wound Physician | Vygon USA
2023 Sponsors
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.
Affinity Health Services
Party Band
Brockie Pharmatech
Celebration Party Food Station Sponsor
CHR Consulting Services
Party Door Prize
Contract Pharmacy Services
Wednesday Morning Break Sponsor
Diamond Pharmacy
Hand Sanitizer
Eastern Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society (EPGS)
Celebration Party Food Station Sponsor
ESHYFT
Lanyards
General Healthcare Resources
Educational Sessions Gift Card Giveaways
Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Wednesday Virtual Conference Sponsor
Pelican Insurance
Wednesday & Thursday Afternoon Coffee Sponsor
Phoebe Pharmacy
Attendee Convention Bags
Point Click Care
Wednesday Clinical Track Sponsor
Premier Therapy
Registration Sponsor
Affinity Health Services
Party Band
Brockie Pharmatech
Celebration Party Food Station Sponsor
CHR Consulting Services
Party Door Prize
Contract Pharmacy Services
Wednesday Morning Break Sponsor
Diamond Pharmacy
Hand Sanitizer
Eastern Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society (EPGS)
Celebration Party Food Station Sponsor
ESHYFT
Lanyards
General Healthcare Resources
Educational Sessions Gift Card Giveaways
Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Wednesday Virtual Conference Sponsor
Pelican Insurance
Wednesday & Thursday Afternoon Coffee Sponsor
Phoebe Pharmacy
Attendee Convention Bags
Point Click Care
Wednesday Clinical Track Sponsor
Premier Therapy
Registration 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
CHR Consulting Services
CMS Regional Office
Golden Management
Hansen Hunter & Company
Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Latsha Davis & Marshall PC
Office of Long-Term Living (Bureau of Quality Assurance & Program Analytics)
PA Department of Health
Patient Safety Authority
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Post & Schell PC
Quality Insights
Select Rehab
Vital HealthCare Solutions