Boomers have (poorly) outsourced the elder care of their parents. This what you get.
Along with the US budget deficits and the national healthcare mess, this is just another thing that generation decided it didn't want to have to deal with (change), so they're kicking the can as far as they can down the road.
I'd love to blame "boomers" for this, but I suspect when my generation's parents grow old we won't be eager to set our professional or personal lives aside to change adult diapers or supervise parents with dementia either. Many elders have serious health problems that we may not be equipped to treat at home. And there have always been people outsourcing care of family members when they could afford it. That's essentially what daycare is for children.
Along with the US budget deficits and the national healthcare mess, this is just another thing that generation decided it didn't want to have to deal with (change), so they're kicking the can as far as they can down the road.