The friend who lives alone may need help with an ordinary task that usually takes two people.

Living alone is mostly fine until a job needs two pairs of hands. Moving the mattress, holding the other end of the shelf, driving someone home after a procedure: all of it quietly waits, or gets attempted alone in a way that is not safe. People rarely ask for this kind of help because it sounds too small to bother anyone with. So the task sits undone for months.

Think of someone who lives on their own and offer a specific hour rather than a general offer. Name the thing: the wardrobe, the airport run, the appointment. Specific offers are much easier to accept.