Health-Seeking Behavior and Social Networks of the Aged Living in Single-Room Occupancy Hotels

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Abstract
The elderly who reside in single-room occupancy (SRO) hotels are often depicted as isolates, lacking the interest or ability to engage primary or secondary support systems. This characterization has not enhanced understanding of how the SRO aged are able to survive in the community. With the use of network analysis techniques, this study demonstrates the inaccuracy of the assertion that these old persons lack significant social support. Differences in network size, complexity, intensity, connectedness and directionality in relation to varying degrees of physical and psychiatric health were discussed.