You can accuse baby boomers of many things; house-price inflation, planet-wrecking-conspicuous-consumption, Brexit… But you can’t say they’re ageing gracefully.
Who are they?
Start with the definition: the oldest boomer is now 75 but the youngest is only 55. One was born in the last days of WWII, the other in the midst of the swinging sixties. That’s one heck of a spread. And they’re not like their parents. At all…
The ‘Silent Generation’ – born between 1925 and 1945 – survived a depression and a World War and grew up largely without the benefits of free healthcare meaning they had...