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I had a period of about 30 months a couple of years ago to contemplate exactly the same scenario whilst spending time with my late father in law in his nursing home room.
He had a small sturdy desk in the room below his window that faced east with quite a good expanse of sky and few lights. I remember coming to the conclusion then that a 5" or 6" SCT or matsukof casegrain on a Vixen porta mount on a small tripod/stand suitable to plonk on the desktop would work well. One could simply sit at the desk and observe. Simple re-positioning of the whole set up on the desk top would allow you to scan the whole available sky. Nice and light and would not take up too much room.
I too have a soft spot for refractors and would probably retain my favourite one also. My Zeiss 85TFL spotting scope would probably be the one as it is relatively compact and has dual day time terrestrial and night time use.
As you say, Bob, hopefully it does not come to pass, as one's world shrinks down to those four walls in a nursing home. I am 65 and planning to live to a hundred, or die in the attempt and hopefully side stepping a nursing home!!
Cheers
Steve
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