PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lift device for bathing reducing the feeling of a care-receiver of entrusting the body only to a machine, suppressing anxiety of the care-receiver, and accelerating the speed of entering and leaving a bath by suppressing the anxiety.SOLUTION: The lift device for bathing includes a seat part to which the hand and body of a care-giver can be attached in the state that the care-receiver is sitting, a driving means for taking the seat part in and out of a bathtub, an operation power detection means for detecting operation power for operating the seat part by the care-giver, and a control means for controlling the driving means corresponding to the operation power detected in the operation power detection means. The care-receiver is made to bathe while compensating the labor of the care-giver by the driving means.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】被介護者の機械にだけ身を任せている感覚を軽減し、被介護者の不安感を抑えることができ、また不安感を抑えることで、入出浴の速度を速めることができる入浴用リフト装置を提供することにある。【解決手段】被介護者が座った状態で介護者の手や体を添えることが可能な座部と、座部を浴槽内に入出される駆動手段と、介護者が座部を動作させるための操作力を検出する操作力検出手段と、操作力検出手段で検出した操作力に応じて駆動手段を制御する制御手段とを備え、駆動手段で介護者の労力を補いつつ、被介護者を入浴させることを特徴とする。【選択図】図2
