The invention relates to an electric motor furniture drive (1) for an item of furniture comprising one or more furniture components, having a control device (2), at least one adjusting drive (3), and at least one operating device (17), designed for optimizing interaction with multimedia apparatuses. According to the invention, the operating device (17) is designed as a multifunctional operating part and is connected to the control device (2) by means of an adapter device (10). The adapter device (10) forms an interface (11) for connecting the operating device (17), wherein the adapter device (10) comprises at least one converter device (12) designed to convert control signals of the operating device (17) into control signals of the controller (2). The adapter device (10) is further implemented so that feedback signals of the control device (2) can be adapted and passed along. The electric motor furniture drive (1) according to the invention is in particular suitable for medical and hospital beds.
