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Swiss federal authorities

This type includes activities of:

  • mental health convalescent homes

  • residential group homes for the emotionally disturbed

  • mental health halfway houses

  • assisted living facilities for persons having a diagnosis of intellectual disability

This type excludes:

  • mental health hospitals, see 861002
  • provision of residential nursing care and rehabilitative services for individuals other than those living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness, see 871000, 8730
  • social work activities with accommodation (e.g. temporary homeless shelters), see 879909
  • non-residential care activities for persons living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness (e.g. mentalhealth care centres), see division 88

There is a distinction between nursing, which focuses on personal care and physical assistance (sections 86 and 87) and social support, which focuses on emotional, social, and organizational help (section 88)