The flip side is that they sometimes genuinely want to help. As you say, be respectful. My elderly neighbour (who I saw maybe twice in a decade) had her daught

The flip side is that they sometimes genuinely want to help. As you say, be respectful. My elderly neighbour (who I saw maybe twice in a decade) had her daughter visiting, and the daughter came by and suggested I might like to change the dressings on her mother’s ulcers because I’m “used to looking at gross stuff.” I’m a radiographer. I’m pretty much useless in every situation unless someone has a a high field magnets and wants pictures.