PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a care bed apparatus having a simple configuration and manufactured at low cost.SOLUTION: The swinging type care bed apparatus comprises: a bed 1 including a head-part support base, a trunk-part support base, and a leg-part support base for supporting the head part, the trunk part, and the leg parts of a care-receiver respectively, head-part side plates 21 and 22, trunk-part side plates 9 and 10, and leg-part side plates 12 erected on both-side end parts of the respective support bases and a base 2 for swingably supporting the bed and a lateral swinging mechanism. The lateral swinging mechanism includes: left/right lateral water tanks 31 and 32 that are located at both sides of a horizontal axis, connected to the bed and swing the bed by the weight of water inside thereof a lateral valve that feeds water to any of the left/right lateral water tanks and discharges the water from the lateral water tank to which the water has been fed valve operation means that is provided at the bed so as to be operable by the care-receiver and operates the lateral valve and a weight 36 that is downward protrudingly provided on the bed and energizes the bed towards the horizontal state.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】簡易な構成で安価に製造できる介護ベッド装置を提供する。【解決手段】被介護者の頭部、胴部および脚部を支持する頭部支持台、胴部支持台および脚部支持台と、前記各支持台の両側端部にそれぞれ立設された頭部側板21,22、胴部側板9,10および脚部側板12と、を有するベッド1と、前記ベッドを揺動可能に支持する基台2と横向揺動機構と、を具えてなり、前記横向揺動機構が、前記水平軸線を間に挟む前記ベッドに結合されて内部の水の重量により前記ベッドを揺動させる左右の横向用水タンク31,32と、前記左右の横向用水タンクの何れか一方への注水とその注水した横向用水タンクからの排水とを行う横向用弁と、被介護者により操作可能に前記ベッドに設けられて前記横向用弁を作動させる弁作動手段と、前記ベッドに下向きに突設されて前記ベッドを水平状態に向けて附勢する重り36と、を有する揺動式介護ベッド装置。【選択図】図1