Why won't they listen? Why won't they turn back before it is too late? Don't they see what they are doing to themselves? Is there any experience in life more frustrating than to see someone you love committed to a course that can lead only to heartache and despair and yet not be able to get through to them?

An aging mother begins shutting herself off from her family and friends. She refuses to care for herself or to get out for social occasions. She becomes obsessed with her physical aches and pains, consigning herself to a rocker which she rarely leaves. Many of her friends remain vigorous and vivacious. Yet she seems committed to a downward cycle that will lead not only to loneliness and depression but also probably to an early grave. You try to tell her that life is not over for her. Why…