Assistive device 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 5 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 to and from main section； a 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 10 engaged with the first linking member； wherein the linking mechanism transfers a first motion, which movable is from shortened to predetermined intermediate position, to a forward swinging motion of the support section； and a motion, which movable is from intermediate position to a fully-extended position, to a forward swinging motion of the 15 arm. (Fig. 5)
