It comes up high on the back of the head so that's a plus.  The seat is really firm, however, and the footrest could be a bit longer.  My father is 6'2" and footrest catches him at the calf, with the rest of his leg hanging over.  He began using a donut cushion in the seat to reduce soreness from CONSTANT sitting.  This is his fault, not the chair's!  It makes sense that the seat is hard because it is a lift chair, but I sat in in in the store and it has the widest seat of the chairs I tried.