[Mamzelle]

Factor in liability insurance and you will quickly see why you can't park grandma in the Waldorf. The Waldorf would not allow themselves to get into the management of such an enterprise, which would open them up to incredible liability exposure. So, the lawyers have already shot down what seems to be a good idea. On the other hand, a cruise ship might have legal advantages.

[valkyrieanne]

Single-room-occupancy hotels used to help a lot of people, not just the old. My mother-in-law lived in an SRO hotel for women in downtown St. Louis right at the end of WW 2, while she was working as a legal secretary. She was right off the farm and in love with "the big city."

The hotel was full of "single gals" who didn't yet have the money for an apartment, or didn't want the responsibility, yet needed a safe and relatively cheap place to live close to work.

Many single working people used SROs as a transition from home to independent living (i.e. like saving money for a house & marriage.)

Older people lived in SROs (from modest rooming houses to the Waldorf) when they no longer would or could care for a house.

As you say, the lawyers have gutted all those options.