Cognitively impaired dependents of boomers living on streets once mothers die.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/homelessness-baby-boomers.html

“he reveled in sports and neighborhood friends but mostly felt lost in class.”

“Analyzing census data at 10-year intervals, he found that throughout their lives late baby boomers had been at least 1.5 times as likely to become homeless as people born roughly a decade later.”

As parents of two dependent adults we think of this every day. Our estate planning is the most complex thing we have ever attempted — and we have loads of degrees and expertise and a reasonable estate. Most such dependents live with parents until the parents die.