The Impact of Group Education Based on SnydersHope Theory on the Rate of Hope in Elderly's Life

The purpose of the current research is to find the impact of group education based on Snyder’s hope theory on the rate of hope in elderly’s life in Isfahan. The sample included elder women who were residents in Sadeghiye Retirement Home in Isfahan. for this research 30 women were selected randomly and assigned to experimental and control groups. Then intervention of group education based on Snyder’s hope theory was applied to the experimental group. Hope Evaluation Questionnaire (form: A) was the instrument used in this research. The result’s showed that group education based on Snyder’s hope theory led to the hope increase of the elderly’s life.