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Class 🎓 Q Education

87.30 — Residential Care Activities for Older Persons or Persons With Physical Disabilities

87.30
Class
Residential care activities for older persons or persons with physical disabilities
SDMX: R8730
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
0 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes

✓ Includes

This class includes the provision of residential and personal care services for older persons or persons with physical disabilities who are unable to fully care for themselves and/or who choose not to live independently. The care typically includes room, board, supervision and assistance in daily living (for example, housekeeping activities). Nursing care is sometimes provided for residents in separate on-site facilities. This class includes activities of: - assisted living facilities - continuing care retirement communities - homes for older persons with minimal nursing care - rest homes without nursing care

✗ Excludes

This class excludes: - residential nursing care activities for older persons, see 87.10 - provision of residential nursing and rehabilitative services for older persons or persons living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness, see 87.20 - social work activities with accommodation, see 87.99

Frequently Confused With

87.10
Residential nursing care activities
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 87.20
Residential care activities for persons living with or having a diagnosis of a learning disability, mental illness or substance abuse.
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 87.99
Other residential care activities n.e.c.
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Who is this code for?

Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIX

Medical practitioners

SOC 2020:2211
Common titles: Doctor, GP, Physician
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 2211

Nurses

SOC 2020:2231
Common titles: Nurse, Staff nurse
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 2221

Care workers and home helpers

SOC 2020:6131
Common titles: Carer, Support worker
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 5322

Related Occupations

Health services and public health managers and directorsVeterinary nurses

Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section Q (Residential care activities for older persons or persons with physical disabilities).

Frequently confused with

Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) — UK SIC 2026
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