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Swiss federal authorities

873002 Residential care activities for persons with disabilities

Information: This code has a codification rule

This type includes activities of:

  • units providing care for persons with physical disabilities
  • units working for social and professional integration of physically disabled persons
  • units providing care for persons with speech, hearing or sight disabilities

This type excludes:

  • provision of residential nursing and rehabilitative services for older persons or persons living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness, see 872002

  • social work activities with accommodation, see 8799

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)