Provided is an autonomous walking aid which is specialized for cognitive impairments, which respects the sense of autonomy exhibited by patients with cognitive impairments in their desire to walk independently, and which aids said patients in autonomous walking using their own feet. This wheelchair-like walking aid uses the sense of autonomy of a user, i.e. a patient with a cognitive impairment, to encourage independent walking, and is provided with: a harness capable of being attached to the user a frame having wheels respectively provided to left and right sides thereof at a front and a rear thereof a seat surface attached so as to be capable of ascending and descending within the frame and a grip-bar frame which is provided, in an upright manner, to a front side of the frame. As a result of connecting the harness and the seat surface, the seat surface ascends in response to a stand-up action by the user, and descends in response to a sit-down action by the user.【課題】認知症患者の自ら歩きたいという自律心を尊重し、自分の足で自立歩行するための補助をする認知症専用じりつ歩行補助具を提供する。【解決手段】この歩行補助具1では、認知症患者である利用者が装着可能なハーネス2と、前後左右にそれぞれ車輪を備えた枠体フレーム3と、枠体フレーム3内に起伏自在に取り付けられた座面4と、枠体フレーム3の前側に立設されたグリップバーフレーム5とを備え、ハーネス2と座面4とを接続することにより、利用者の立ち上がり動作に連動して座面4が起立するとともに、利用者の座り込み動作に連動して、座面4が倒伏する。【選択図】図1
