Ask what helps now - hear them out - offer a walk, food, or help to book care....

https://www.booknose.win/listen-ask-what-helps-and-offer-one-step-like-making-a-call-or-going-along

Ask what helps now - hear them out - offer a walk, food, or help to book care. Say I can sit with you while you call. Set kind limits. You can care and rest. Check in soon. Trust may take more than one talk. Keep showing up - do not fix it all.