An electrically-powered device designed to assist a healthcare provider in the physical moving (transfer) of a patient with a disability in an upright (standing) position over a short distance on a horizontal plane. It consists of a wheeled platform with a low centre of gravity and a surrounding framework with body securing devices (e.g., belts, foot plates, knee pads) to hold the patient being transferred in the standing position, and includes a powered mechanism to, e.g., to adjust the platform to assist standing. It is neither intended to maintain the patient in a prolonged standing position (i.e., not a stander) nor intended to lift and suspend the patient (i.e., not a patient lift).