Sylvia who is the oldest daughter lives the closest to her mother and started to take on major responsibilities for her mother’s care. Just like in Alice’s situation, Sylvia is starting to spend more and more time in her mother’s house and less in her own house. She is neglecting her husband and children even though they also pitch in to help take care of Martha. After a while her husband and children didn’t want to constantly take care of Martha and wanted to go back to living their own lives without having to worry about Sylvia neglecting them. The situation seems to be putting a lot of stress on Sylvia and causing her to fight with her sister and husband. She isn’t keeping up with what’s going on with her kids and has to deal with the consequences
