Abstract: A rehabilitation bed especially suitable for helping a patient stand up and begin walking includes a matress split into at least three parts and supported by suitably movable frame suport members, the mattress including a back and head supporting part which is raiseable in the usual way, and separate leg supporting parts which are movable outwardly away from one another so as to provide a central gap where the patient can put his feet without first shifting his waist toward the bed side.