An assistive device configured to assist in boarding a care receiver onto the assistive device, the assistive device comprising: a base； an arm, provided on the base, swingable in a front-rear direction； a support section, supporting a part of a body of the care receiver and provided on the arm, swingable in a front-rear direction； an actuator having a main body section provided on the base and tiltable in a front-rear direction and a movable section configured to extend and retract from the main body section； and a linking mechanism having a first linking member swingably provided on the arm and connected to the movable section, and a second linking member fixed to the support section and engaged with the first linking member； wherein the linking mechanism transfers a first motion, in which the movable section is extended from a shortened position to a predetermined intermediate position, to a forward swinging motion of the support section； and transfers a second motion, in which the movable section is extended from the intermediate position to a fully-extended position, to a forward swinging motion of the arm.
