Member-Only Resources & Events
Upcoming Events
PAELA’s 19th Annual Winter Conference
February 18 – 20, 2027
OMNI Bedford Springs Resort & Spa, Bedford PA
Past Winter Conferences & Resources
PAELA’s 18th Annual Winter Conference February 19-21, 2026
PAELA’s 2026 annual winter conference at the Omni Bedford Springs Resort & Spa in Bedford, PA on February 19-21, 2026, has ended with a record number of PAELA members attending seeking continuing education on topics that benefit their clients, networking, and sharing information with each other. Fifteen (15) sponsoring companies also participated, who recognized the unique opportunity and need to share their services and products to PAELA attendees to benefit their own clients including the elderly, persons with special needs, veterans, etc.
The 15 sponsoring companies include:
- ACHIEVA Family Trust
- American Cancer Society
- AmeriServ Wealth & Capital Management
- AshBer
- Complete Care Strategies
- Contour Mortgage Trust Lending
- F&M Trust
- IKOR of Eastern & Western PA
- InterActive Legal
- Krause Financial Services
- Members Trust Company
- Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
- Secured Futures
- The Family Heritage Trust Company
- The Lackner Group Inc.
18th Winter Conference
This conference has concluded as one of the best-attended and well-informed education programs for PAELA members.
This event offered 9 CLEs with two being ethic CLEs on important topics on social security benefits, tax planning, and electronic wills, etc.
Refer to the links on the right to obtain the speaker presentations and handouts.
Past Winter Meeting Handouts & Resources
Webinars
PAELA will be organizing three (3) Webinars in 2026 for PAELA members after the 2026 February Annual Conference.
Past Webinars
All webinars below are now closed and were highly successful! Thank you to our PAELA members who attended. Access the presentations and videos of the courses below.
2025 Webinars
June 10, 2025 At the Crossroads: Resident Advocate and Facility Perspectives on Recent Nursing Home Regulation Developments
Join us for an insightful discussion on the rapidly evolving regulatorylandscape affecting Pennsylvania nursing homes, with a focus on thenew staffing mandates and how they are reshaping operations acrossthe state. Participants will gain a...
2024 Webinars
May 8, 2024 Webinar: Navigating the Roundabout: Understanding Grantor Trust, Estate, and Medicaid Rules in Order to Find the Right Path
When creating trusts, attorneys face the challenge of understanding the complex federal tax rules triggering grantor trust status for income tax purposes plus those triggering inclusion in the gross estate for federal estate tax purposes. ...
2023 Webinars
May 24, 2023 Webinar: Unwinding a Public Health Emergency: DHS Perspective on Medical Eligibility after COVID
On January 31, 2020, the Secretary of Health and Human Services declared that a Public Health Emergency (PHE) existed due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Shortly thereafter, the Families...
2022 Webinars
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2021 Webinars
September 29, 2021 Webinar #1: Best Practices for Making Distributions from a Special Needs Trust For a Beneficiary Receiving SSI
Presented by: Law Offices of Anna SappingtonAnna Sappington, Esq.anna@sappingtonlaw.com Commonwealth Community TrustKaren Dunivan Konvicka, JD,...
Other Resources
PAELA Public Policy – Members-Only Resources:
PAELA’s many documents pertaining to position papers, templates, policy proposals, etc. can be found here.
If you have any valuable documents to submit for consideration, please contact PAELA directly.
PAELA is the Pennsylvania Official Chapter of NAELA.