The present invention assists a seated person to stand up and facilitates the transfer of the person from a bed to a wheel chair, or from the wheel chair to a chair, a shower chair or a lift. The assistive tool is compact and easy to carry, requires less time and labor to wear, and allows assistance to be provided even to a care recipient who cannot keep standing. Provided is an assistive tool for transfer assistance, standing assistance, etc. that comprises a traction band, a hip holding part, and a knee fixation part in order to allow a care recipient to be easily raised by weight shift. The traction band is attached to a cushion, pants, or trousers serving as the hip holding part, and at least at the time of usage, the knee fixation part is used together. When a care giver pushes his/her knee against the knee fixation part while gripping the traction band and shifts his/her weight backwards, the care recipient can be easily lifted using the principle of leverage, and the knee fixation part allows a person who cannot keep standing to be stably raised and also allows a change of direction or transfer to be made.
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