# Elder care costs threaten wealth transfer — retained record

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source: [news](https://highsignal.app/data/news) (news:semafor)  published 2026-07-24 14:02 ingested 2026-07-25 07:58

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An anticipated wealth transfer from baby boomers to their descendants is failing to materialize as elder care spending eats into seniors’ finances.
Boomers are the largest-ever generation, and thanks to rising house prices and strong economic growth control more than half of US household wealth. Economists predicted up to $84 trillion in assets could change hands over 20 years as boomers die and pass on their wealth.
But a Washington Post analysis found that increased demand for care has driven up costs to the point that many seniors “are not just diminishing their savings, but obliterating them”: The median American who died between 2006 and 2022 spent $19,179 out-of-pocket on care.
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