An apparatus for assisting a person to move from a seated position on a seat or the like to an upright or standing position and vice versa. The apparatus comprises a base an actuator arrangement supported by the base and a person support configured for supporting the person to be assisted. The actuator arrangement is configured to be able to move the person support up and down over a range of vertical positions and the actuator arrangement being configured to be able to move the person support back and forth over a range of horizontal positions. The actuator arrangement is configured to move the person support in the vertical range of positions independently of the horizontal position of the person support. The actuator arrangement is configured to move the person support in the horizontal range of positions independently of the vertical position of the person support The actuator arrangement comprises: a first linear actuator with an elongated shape, the first linear actuator being supported at a first of its two ends by the base and extending substantially vertically from the base, and a second linear actuator with an elongated shape, the second linear actuator being supported by the second of the two ends of the first linear actuator and the second linear actuator extending in a substantially horizontal direction. The person support is supported by the free end of the second linear actuator.La présente invention concerne un appareil permettant daider une personne à se déplacer depuis une position assise sur un siège ou analogue vers une position debout ou verticale et inversement. Lappareil comprend une base un agencement dactionneur soutenu par la base et un support de personne conçu pour soutenir la personne devant être aidée. Lagencement dactionneur est conçu pour pouvoir déplacer le support de personne vers le haut et vers le bas sur une plage de positions verticales et lagencement dactionneur est conçu pour pouvoir déplacer le support de personne vers larriè
