PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transfer supporting apparatus which allows easy and quick transfer operation and prevents such a situation in which a person to be cared is sandwiched and pressed by a sitting object and a body support device.SOLUTION: The transfer supporting apparatus 10 includes a support base 11, a post 13 having one end mounted on the support base 11 so as to be freely tilted on the support base, the body support device 30 mounted on the other end of the post 13 and held by a person P to be cared, a drive means 20 for tilting the post 13, a measuring means 40 for measuring the distance between the body support device 30 and the sitting object 60, and a control means 50 for controlling the drive means 20. The control means 50 controls the drive means 20 on the basis of the distance measured by the measuring means 40 during an operation to bring the body support device 30 near the person P to be cared. By doing so, the body support device 30 supports the person P to be cared sitting on the sitting object 60.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】被介護者が身体保持具により着座物との間に挟み込まれて圧迫されるといった事態を防ぐことができ、しかも当該移乗動作を簡易、迅速に行うことができる移乗支援装置を提供する。【解決手段】本発明に係る移乗支援装置10は、支持台11と、支持台11に対して一端が傾動自在に取り付けられた支柱13と、支柱13の他端部に設けられ、被介護者Pが保持する身体保持具30と、支柱13を傾動させる駆動手段20と、身体保持具30と着座物60との間の間隔を計測する計測手段40と、駆動手段20を制御するための制御手段50と、を備える。制御手段50は、着座物60に着座する被介護者Pを身体保持具30に保持させるべく、身体保持具30を被介護者Pに近付ける動作において、計測手段40が計測した間隔に基づいて駆動手段20を制御する。【選択図】図1
