8790 Other residential care activities


This class includes the provision of residential and personal care services for persons, except the elderly and disabled, who are unable to fully care for themselves or who do not desire to live independently.

This class includes:

  • activities provided on a round-the-clock basis directed to provide social assistance to children and special categories of persons with some limits on ability for self-care, but where medical treatment or education are not important elements.

The activities may be carried out by government offices or private organisations.

This class excludes:

  • funding and administration of compulsory social security programmes (see 8430)
  • activities of nursing care facilities (see 871000)
  • residential care activities for the elderly or disabled (see 8730)
  • adoption activities (see 889902)
  • short-term shelter activities for disaster victims (see 889902)

Corresponding CPA codes

  • 87.90.1 Other residential care services

    This category excludes:

    • funding and administration services of compulsory social security programmes, see 84.30.1
    • nursing care facility services, see 87.10.10
    • short-term shelter activities for disaster victims, see 88.99.19
  • 87.90.11 Other social work services with accommodation for children and young people

    This subcategory includes:

    • residential social assistance services involving round-the-clock care services to children and youths, e.g., social services for orphanages, homes for children in need of protection, juvenile correction homes etc.

    This subcategory excludes:

    • residential care services for children suffering from mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse, see 87.20.11
    • adoption services, see 88.99.11
  • 87.90.12 Social work services with accommodation for mistreated women
  • 87.90.13 Other social work services with accommodation for adults

    This subcategory includes:

    • residential social assistance services involving round-the-clock care services to adults, e.g.: • homes for single mothers and their children • temporary homeless shelters • halfway group homes for persons with social or personal problems • halfway homes for delinquents and offenders • other social rehabilitation services

    This subcategory excludes:

    • residential care services for adults suffering from mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse, see 87.20.12
    • residential care services for the elderly or disabled, see 87.30.1