ISIC 8710—Residential nursing care activities

Where 8710 sits

1. R Human health and social work activities
2. 87 Residential care activities
3. 871 Residential nursing care activities
4. 8710 Residential nursing care activities

What 8710 includes

• The provision of residential care, with medical assistance, nursing and rehabilitation treatments. These establishments have a permanent core staff of registered or licensed practical nurses that, along with other staff, provide nursing care in combination with personal care. The medical or nursing care services typically include administering medication, performing medical diagnoses and dressing wounds, and are typically provided without the supervision of a medical doctor located on the premises. Activities of •homes for older persons with nursing care •convalescent homes, other than mental health and substance abuse facilities •rest homes with nursing care •nursing care facilities •nursing homes hospices •inpatient care hospices for palliative care

What 8710 excludes

• Palliative care for out-patients, see, 8699
• Activities of homes for older persons without or with only minimal nursing care, see 8730
• Residential and personal care activities e.g. orphanages, children's boarding homes and hostels, temporary homeless shelters, see 8799

8710 in other systems