Caring for others

[katmouse]

I know a lot of us here are in a certain age group and probably notice when others need help. I'm posting
a reminder if you see something wrong anywhere it might be up to you to help the person or animal.

For example, my friend and I walk our neighborhood almost every day. We walk early. Yesterday, we noticed
a garage door open. The man never leaves it open. This morning, the garage door was still open. My friend and
I knew something must be going on and when her dad was ill no one noticed. We were going to call the police,
but one just happened to come into the subdivision (sometimes things work out).

We told him what was going on and he was going to check on the man. We got to my neighbor's house at
the other end of the street, put the dogs up and came outside. The police car was still parked. Then we heard the
sirens. They went to that house. When I walked around again, the man was put in the ambulance. He had a bandage
on his head. He was probably on the floor almost two days and dehydrated. I couldn't get any information.

So, if you notice something let someone else know. Maybe the person might think you're nosy, but another
person might be glad you helped.

 

[CarolB]

Poor man. That is such good advice. I pray he was OK.

 

[Lil0]

kat, thank you for caring.

 

[Poirot]

My son manages & maintains a building that is assisted living, mostly elderly. He has found persons 3 times........in need of help, passed out, one guy was hanging over the side of his bed. In all instances it was because a neighbor or friend asked him to go check as had not seen person. So yes, especially when the person lives alone, elderly. I do hope your neighbor will be o.k. Am glad the help arrived when they did. And so glad YOU paid attention and sought help.

(One time MY garage door was open.......next door neighbor called me, let me know. (am guessing the automatic opener, which was in my purse, must have jostled against something, pushing the button. ) She is a retired nurse, am betting she'd have called 911 if I had not answered.

 

[COOKIES MOM]

Well done Kat, we are all so proud of you. You may have saved this person's life or at the very least you most likely made his life much better today than yesterday. Thank you Kat for reminding us to be better people, and for reminding that the smallest things have the biggest results.

 

[Wilde Woman]

You are good person, Kat. More people need to get involved and be aware of their neighbors/others.

When I commuted, I used to tell complete strangers if their laces were untied, as they could trip.

Only yesterday I saw a woman in the next building walking with a very long dress on that looked like it would go under her shoes and cause her too fall, so I went up to her to tell her to hold up her dress until she got back to her apartment. She was on her way home. She thanked me and never noticed her dress was too long and should be altered.

Something I learned was to never touch a blind person and scare them. If you see a blind person waiting to cross the street, approach and say something like, "Excuse me, but would you like me to escort you across the street?" No one wants to be touched by a stranger, but if you ask first, you give them the choice, and they might say yes, thank you.

This is all called "simple acts of kindness," and they go a long way.

 

[Poirot]

That happened to me once....I don't think the lady was blind tho, just afraid, for some reason to cross the street. Yep, asked if I could help her, held her arm (she grabbed hold of my hand then) and took her across the street. All these years later, I now wonder if perhaps she was confused, even to where she was, having forgotten if she was with someone. Yes, you get older and understand more about forgetfulness, confusion, memory, etc. Also, how easily older people can fall. No, not tripping, just suddenly falling.