Offer a specific task you can take over instead of another decision someone tired must make.
GRATITUDE
GRATITUDE
Exhaustion makes choosing harder than doing. Someone deep in a difficult period has a head full of small decisions already, and asking them what would help adds one more to the pile, however kindly it is meant. Naming the thing you will do removes a decision instead of creating one.
Pick something concrete and say you are doing it unless they would rather you did not. Collecting the prescription, taking the dog on Wednesdays, sending a meal on Sunday. Keep it small enough that it is easy to accept and regular enough that they do not have to ask again.
Which chore could you simply take over for someone exhausted?
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.