I'm actually on the other end of a very similar story with my mom. My mom will turn 50 in just a few months and she is now homeless (lives with family for the

I'm actually on the other end of a very similar story with my mom. My mom will turn 50 in just a few months and she is now homeless (lives with family for the movement), has no job, can not land another job, and has absolutely no money or savings. She was a nurse and my step-dad was a software developer who made very good money, especially for the area. Both of them combined made over 200k a year. They were terrible with money and very rarely saved. It started when my mom lost her nursing license and could no long hold her career, at all, anywhere. Not a big deal, step-dad made a lot of money. Then my step-dad decided to leave my mom. He was still going to help her until she bounced back, so not that huge of a problem. Until he got laid off... After months, he finally landed a new job at a startup, and it will be a while until he bounces back. Now my mom is completely on her own. She has no money whatsoever. She has no home, and is living with one of her brothers. She took a year+ off work, and doesn't have a medical license to get a high paying nursing job. Who wants to hire a 50 year old who hasn't worked in almost 2 years, and mysteriously isn't a nurse anymore? I feel for her, but a lot of bad financial, and personal decisions lead her to where she is now.