881000 Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled


This type includes:

  • social, counselling, welfare, referral and similar services which are aimed at the elderly and disabled in their homes or elsewhere and carried out by government offices or private organisations, national or local self-help organisations and by specialists providing counselling services:
  • visiting of the elderly and disabled
  • day-care activities for the elderly or for disabled adults
  • vocational rehabilitation and habilitation activities for disabled persons provided that the education component is limited

This type excludes:

  • funding and administration of compulsory social security programmes (see 8430)
  • activities similar to those described in this class, but including accommodation (see 8730)
  • day-care activities for disabled children (see 889100)

day centres for disabled persons; handicapped, day centres; protected workshops for disabled persons; workshops for disabled persons

Codification rules

If institutions for persons with disabilities (873002) and social work activities without accommodation for for elderly people and for persons with disabilities (881000) are undertaken, the institution for persons with disabilities 873002 takes priority.

Economic activities linked to persons with disabilities

881000: Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
873002: Institutions for disabled persons
852002 : Special schools

A protected workshop (881000 - Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled) allocates an occupation to people with disabilities, finances subsidies from authorities and sale of their production but also employs social workers, psychologists, disabled persons, etc. who are registered with the AVS/AHV. The definition of a sheltered workshop may vary by canton.