Test of care tasks with humans using a new technology of raising a bedridden person off the bed. - Test of care tasks using a new technology of raising a person off the bed.

ew tech: making a futon wavy under a person, belts being inserted to wave troughs, tied to a frame, the bed being lowered to lift the person. Feasibility tests: 1. a device set to an occupied bed, 2. sheets change, 3. change upper body clothes & 4. lower ones, 5. bed bath, 6. bedpan insertion, 7. move to a wheelchair, 8. sheet wrinkle removal. All but 3 & 5 were done well. Changing futon sheets with new & current methods by 30 participants: new tech was feasible, giving tidy sheets, but taking longer time.