Abstract: An inflatable system for aiding handicapped persons and elderly persons into and out of a bathtub including an inflatable cushion adapted to hold a quantity of air therein. The cushion has an air inlet aperture and an air outlet aperture extending therein in contact with its hollow interior. An air fill hose is provided having a first end coupled with the air inlet aperture of the cushion and a second end coupleable with an air pump. An air release hose is provided having a first end coupled with the air outlet aperture of the cushion. An air release mechanism is coupled with an open second end of the air release hose.