PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathing assistance aid which can be widely used by care-receivers with various symptoms and can reduce physical and mental pain.SOLUTION: A bathing assistance aid 1 for preventing floating of a body of a user 6 by being placed on the body of the user 6 in a bathtub 2 comprises: a central weight member 10 arranged on the body of the user 6 or under the body so as to cross the user 6 in the bathtub 2 in a width direction and a pair of side part weight members 20, 30 detachably attached to both end parts of the central weight member 10. The pair of side part weight members 20, 30 are configured to be bendable relative to the central weight member 10, respectively. The central weight member 10 and the pair of side part weight members 20, 30 are filled with a filler made of a material having a higher specific gravity than water.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】様々な症状を有する被介護者に広く用いることが可能で、かつ、肉体的及び精神的な苦痛を軽減することが可能な入浴介助補助具を提供する。【解決手段】浴槽2内の使用者6の身体上に載置されることにより、使用者6の身体の浮き上がりを防止するための入浴介助補助具1であって、浴槽2内の使用者6を幅方向に横切るように使用者6の身体上又は身体下に配される中央錘部材10と、中央錘部材10の両端部にそれぞれ着脱自在に取り付けられる一対の側部錘部材20,30とを備え、一対の側部錘部材20,30は、それぞれ、中央錘部材10に対して屈曲可能に構成されており、中央錘部材10及び一対の側部錘部材20,30には、水よりも比重の重い材料から形成された充填材が充填されている。【選択図】図4
