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California Association of Health Facilities has released a new Disaster Preparedness App designed as "A simple and FREE way to be better prepared for an emergency" and is holding a free webinar to learn about the app and implement it in your organization.

From CAHF's Press Release: 

When you think about it, most emergencies or disaster events don’t happen between the hours of 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday (the typical work week).  Actually that period of time (8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday) only makes up 24 percent of the time your facility is providing care and services for your residents.  Most incidents happen during the hours when staffing levels are reduced and management is not on site.  So why would you want to only have access to your important emergency information only 24 percent of the time?

Well now you can have access to your important emergency information all the time,  Yes 24 – 7.  The CAHF Disaster Preparedness program has developed the “CAHF Disaster App” for your electronic devices (phones, tablets, and computers) that provides you with emergency information.  The CAHF Disaster App, specifically designed for SNFs and ICF-DDs, includes important general emergency information and your facility specific emergency information.  And best of all it is FREE.

To access this new app you can go to http://dpapp.cahf.org.  You can view and register your facility. But even better yet, on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. the CAHF Disaster Preparedness Program will hold a FREE webinar on how to obtain and use the new “CAHF Disaster App”.  This one hour webinar will explain how to find and get the new app for your electronic devices.  The webinar speakers will provide a guided tour of the App and instruct participants how to register their facility so that they can upload “facility specific“ information.  This will allow the user to have their facility specific emergency information at their fingertips all the time.  And no one wants to be without critical information when you most need it - during an emergency. 

WASHDAY: Sunday 22nd March 2015

Today’s wash day was something I really looked forward too. I get so busy during the week that Sundays are the only day I can dedicate to a long and exhaustive wash day so last Sunday or for the whole weekend actually, I went home for Mother’s Day to wine and dine my mamma but unfortunately, that meant that the time I normally wash my hair on a Sunday was spent packing up and heading back to University.

1. I started with a prepoo with Hairveda’s Vatika Frosting for an hour and added a bit of heat so that it would really soak into my hair.

2. Then I rinsed and shampooed with Creme of Nature’s Argan Oil Shampoo, which felt like actual heaven in my hair! I could not get enough. 

3. After this, I rinsed and did a green tea rinse. I didn’t do this for too long because I was in a very uncomfortable position. I think that’s why my hair is still shedding more than I’d like it to. Either that, or my coursework deadlines and self-imposed Easter break filling with revision, essay writing and driving lessons is starting to stress me out.

4. Then I deep conditioned with Aubreys Organics GPB Conditioner. I’ve read in a million different ways that if your regime isn’t broke, don’t fix it but I’m starting to think that it is broken because my mum felt my hair and said it felt like straw. I;m thinking of changing my deep conditioner. I need a proteiny conditioner that isn’t GPB. Will research. I did this for an hour again.

5. After an hour, I rinsed and added Hairveda’s Red Tea Daily Hair Conditioner while I showered. 

6. After that, I just moisturised and sealed with Darcys Botanicals and Olive and Castor oil. 

I think this is something I will always struggle with. I will never be able to perfect my regime to the point where my shedding/breakage stops. I’ve reconciled with that fact even if it is annoying. 

After a desparate - and I know it must have been desparate because my mum never calls me about hair. Ever since I started my hair journey, she’s been like ‘stay in your lane and I’ll stay in mine and we’ll see whose hair falls out first.’ She thinks I’m using too many different products and isn’t really bothered to listen to what each of them do. However, she is getting awestruck with my hair but she just wants me to 'do’ her hair rather than learn how to do her own hair. 

She called and asked how to deal with shedding and I had a list of suggestions that I’d read about or heard through the grapevine. If anyone has an further suggestions, please help a mama-and-daughter-duo out!

A couple things I’ve learnt which have helped me out immensely are that 1) Shedding is longer strands with a white bulb at the top, 2) Breakage is shorter strands that can have splits in them and that 3) Some shedding is normal.

I’ve crossed out the ones I’ve tried that have helped some.

Green tea rinse

Black tea rinse

Coffee rinses

Organix Anti-Breakage Serum

Protective styles

Less manipulation

Seamless comb

Balance moisture/protein levels - Half crossed out because it’s a WIP

WASHDAY: Sunday 15th February 2015

Today's wash day went much the same as every other. The only thing I'm annoyed about is shedding. I went and bought Twinings Green Tea because I figured my hair deserved a brand name and only just realised that I bought the decaffeinated version. Blah! That's annoying because it's my herbal way of ingesting caffeine on tired mornings and because caffeine is the WHOLE reason green tea works as a shedding repellant/preventer/detractor/fixer. I used it anyway and it didn't really make much difference to my hair! Wah! Ready for a week of shedding then.

1. I started with Vatika Frosting prepoo, which I used for an hour.

2. Then, I rinsed with the showerhead and shampooed with Creme of Nature's sulphate-free shampoo, which actually helps to detangle my hair before my deep condition. Bonuses, bonuses!

3. After, I green tea rinsed then dried my hair with green tea in and deep conditioned with AO's GPB for an hour.

4. I rinsed after this and added Hairveda's Red Tea conditioner (the conditioner to end all conditioners) before I took a shower. I rinsed the conditioner out too at the end of the shower.

5. Then I moisturised and sealed with grapeseed oil and Darcy's Botanicals Leave In Conditioner.