For adults · Health and appointments
Visiting someone
You are visiting a friend after surgery. They reach for a glass of water on the far table.
What could you do first?
Three things you could say. None of them is the one right answer; each note says why it fits the moment, or why it may not.
Ask: "Want me to get that, or do you want to?"
A strong fit
It offers and leaves the choice. Recovering people often want to do small things.
Move the glass closer without comment.
Also works here
Practical and quiet. Works if you know they want help.
Jump up and hand it to them before they move.
Worth a second look
Fast help can take away something they wanted to do.
What people here usually expect
- People recovering often want to do small tasks themselves. Asking respects that.
- Offering once is enough. They will ask if they change their mind.
- Sitting and talking is help too.
Your words
Write one offer of help to someone recovering that leaves the choice with them.
In the app you write one line here and it lands in your lines. Nothing is graded.
The move this moment practises: Ask before helping.
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