NIC 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

Contains 3 narrower codes

• 871001 Homes for older persons with nursing care
• 871002 Convalescent homes, other than mental health and substance abuse facilities without the supervision of a medical doctor
• 871099 Residential nursing care activities n.e.c.

What 8710 includes

• This class 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.

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