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NACE 87.20: Residential care activities for persons living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness or substance abuse

NACE Rev. 2.1 class. Replaces NACE Rev. 2 87.20. Closest ISIC Rev. 4: 8720.

NACE Rev. 2.1 class 87.20 is "Residential care activities for persons living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness or substance abuse". It sits in section R (HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES), then division 87 (Residential care activities), then group 87.2 (Residential care activities for persons living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness or substance abuse). In the previous classification, NACE Rev. 2, the activity was covered by 87.20 (Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse).

What the class includes

This class includes the provision of residential care (but not licensed hospital care), protective supervision and counselling to persons living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness, intellectual disability or substance abuse, irrespective of their age. This class includes activities of: - facilities for the treatment of substance abuse - mental health convalescent homes - residential group homes for the emotionally disturbed - mental health halfway houses - assisted living facilities for persons having a diagnosis of intellectual disability

What it excludes

This class excludes: - mental health hospitals, see 86.10 - provision of residential nursing care and rehabilitative services for individuals other than those living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness, see 87.10, 87.30 - social work activities with accommodation (e.g. temporary homeless shelters), see 87.99 - non-residential care activities for persons living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness (e.g. mental healthcare centres), see division 88

Correspondence with NACE Rev. 2

NACE Rev. 2Label (Rev. 2)Also maps to
87.20Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse-

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Official classification texts from EU Vocabularies (Publications Office of the European Union, CC BY 4.0), read on 2026-10-05. Correspondence tables link classes that cover the same activities; one old class can be split across several new ones, so check the notes before you convert a dataset. Information only.