Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities
Description
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing nonresidential social assistance services to improve the quality of life for the elderly or persons with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. These establishments provide for the welfare of these individuals in such areas as day care, non-medical home care or homemaker services, social activities, group support, and companionship.
Hierarchy
| Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 62 | Health Care and Social Assistance 2-digit sector | The Sector as a Whole The Health Care and Social Assistance sector comprises establishments providing health care and social assistance for individuals. The sector includes both health care and social assistance because it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the boundaries of these two activities. The industries in this sector are arranged on a continuum starting with establishments providing medical care exclusively, continuing with those providing health care and social assistance, and finally finishing with those providing only social assistance. Establishments in this sector deliver services by trained professionals. All industries in the sector share this commonality of process, namely, labor inputs of health practitioners or social workers with the requisite expertise. Many of the industries in the sector are defined based on the educational degree held by the practitioners included in the industry. Excluded from this sector are yoga and aerobics instruction in Subsector 611, Educational Services, physical fitness facilities in Subsector 713, Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries, and personal fitness training services and non-medical diet and weight reducing centers in Subsector 812, Personal and Laundry Services. Although these can be viewed as health services, these services are not typically delivered by health practitioners. |
| 624 | Social Assistance 3-digit subsector | Industries in the Social Assistance subsector provide a wide variety of social assistance services directly to their clients. These services do not include residential or accommodation services, except on a short-stay basis. |
| 6241 | Individual and Family Services 4-digit industry group | This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing nonresidential social assistance to children and youth, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and all other individuals and families. |
| 62412 | Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities 5-digit NAICS industry | See industry description for 624120. |
| 624120 | Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities 6-digit U.S. detail | This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing nonresidential social assistance services to improve the quality of life for the elderly or persons with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. These establishments provide for the welfare of these individuals in such areas as day care, non-medical home care or homemaker services, social activities, group support, and companionship. |
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Classification References
- 01Providing job training for persons with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities--are classified in Industry 624310, Vocational Rehabilitation Services;
- 02Providing residential care for the elderly or persons with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities--are classified in Subsector 623, Nursing and Residential Care Facilities;
- 03Providing in-home health care services--are classified in Subsector 621, Ambulatory Health Care Services; and
- 04Providing transportation of the disabled or elderly (without medical care) are classified in U.S. Industry 485991, Special Needs Transportation.
Index Items
Activity centers for disabled persons and the elderly
Adult day care centers
Centers, senior citizens'
Community centers (except recreational only), adult
Companion services for disabled persons and the elderly
Day care centers for disabled persons and the elderly
Day care centers, adult
Disability support groups
Home care of elderly, non-medical
Homemaker's service for elderly or disabled persons, non-medical
Self-help organizations for disabled persons and the elderly
Senior citizens activity centers
Senior citizens centers
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External Resources
Census.gov NAICS Detail
Official US Census Bureau definition and scope for NAICS 624120.
Association for Housing and Rehabilitation Rehabilitation of the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities
A leading trade association representing organizations that provide housing and rehabilitation services for seniors and disabled individuals.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Home Health and Home Care Services
Official US government page outlining coverage, requirements, and payment rules for home health and home care services under Medicare and Medicaid.
National Association of Long-Term Care Home Managers
An industry organization for owners and managers of nursing homes and assisted living facilities serving the elderly and disabled.
