SSIC Division 87 – Residential care services

Companies in this division give care together with accommodation, to people who live in the facility.

This includes nursing homes and hospices where nursing care is an important part of the service. It also covers homes for the elderly, children's homes and orphanages, halfway houses, shelters and homes for persons with disabilities, where medical treatment is not the main part of the care.

Commonly registered businesses

• Nursing homes, hospices and convalescent homes (87010)
• Shelters, halfway houses and homes for persons with disabilities (87029)
• Homes for the elderly and assisted living, with little or no nursing care (87021)
• Children's homes and orphanages (87022)