PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To further compactify a care device.SOLUTION: A care device 20 includes: a holding part 21 for supporting a user a base part 30 that contacts a road surface a slide mechanism 40, one end of which is arranged on the base part 30 side and the other end of which is arranged on the holding part 21 side, and which has a plurality of members that expand and contract the base part 30 and the holding part 21 in a predetermined direction and a drive part 60 that expands and contracts the slide mechanism 40. In the care device 20, the slide mechanism 40 may be the one provided with a slide stationary part 41 arranged on the base part 30 side, a slide intermediate part 45 supported by the slide stationary part 41 that slides with respect to the slide stationary part 41, and a slide upper part 50 supported by the slide intermediate part 45 that slides with respect to the slide intermediate part 45.
