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Know how to monitor individual’s health and wellbeing / Be able to assess and respond to changes in an individual’s health and wellbeing

Soft signs may be the first signs that someone is becoming unwell. This short film explains what soft signs are and what to do if you spot them. It has been produced by Health Education England (HEE).

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Tutorial Video
Reading Materials

Find and read your organisation’s policies and procedures on monitoring the health and wellbeing of clients.
‘Worried about your mental health’ on the Rethink website
‘Mental health assessments’ from the NHS
‘Using soft signs to identify early indicators of physical deterioration’ from Wessex Academic Health Science Network
‘Promoting positive mental wellbeing for older people’ from the National Institute for Health and care Excellence
'Symptom of Stroke’ from the NHS

Presentation
Good Practice Example
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

If you are working with older clients you may find Age UK’s ‘A practical guide to healthy ageing’ of use in engaging and involving individuals in monitoring their own health and wellbeing.
This article from the American Psychiatric Association is on ‘Warning Signs of Mental Illness’.
This article from the AHSN Network looks at ‘Spotting the early soft signs of deterioration and sepsis’.
‘RESTORE2 (Soft Signs, NEWS2 and SBAR/D)’ is an article from Wessex Academic Health Science Network.

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