Bought this for my father in his 80s. He has back issues and feet swell.  He really likes the chair and says his back is better. Love that you can operate the foot rest independently of the back recliner.  He hasn’t used the lift assist yet but he said it’s easy to get out of this chair. He likes it so much my sister now bought one for her father in law. (Doesn’t come with assembly but it is very easy to slip back onto chair!)