Adeleh Rashidi - Master of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch, Fars, Iran

Positive thinking is actually a mental and emotional skill that focuses on positive results and experiences. These positive thoughts bring happiness, success and self-confidence and gradually remove negative thoughts and feelings from us. With the help of positive thinking, it becomes much easier to manage stress and obstacles. How many years do the people of each country live on average? It is clear that there is a possibility of death at any age. But we can calculate a "probable average lifespan" for any population at any time. This quantity is called "life expectancy". Pay attention that "hope for life" is not a psychological issue and related to the level of hope and aspirations of people in life. Life expectancy only refers to the length of life. Life expectancy means: considering the probability of death at any age in a society, how long do we hope new borns will live. Life expectancy in the elderly not only motivates and motivates them, but can also prevent diseases such as depression, despair and even suicide in them. Even life expectancy has been able to treat difficult and difficult diseases such as cancer in elderly people and create a positive role in its treatment. When an elderly person is informed of a serious illness, if they have hope to live, they feel less discomfort after hearing about this illness and try to cope with the situation and try to cure their illness. Psychologists have come to the conclusion that there is hope for life in every person, if at some point a person loses hope by dealing with issues, there will still be a way to create hope in people. There are ways to hope. increased the level of hope in people, and they are given the necessary training to strengthen hope. This method has been very effective in treating depression among the elderly and has reduced its severity. The importance of mental health and strengthening the happiness of the elderly living in nursing homes And even at home it is very important. Studies have shown that it is social isolation and loneliness that lead to serious illnesses in the elderly. The aim of the research was to determine the effect of positivity training on increasing the quality and life expectancy of the elderly.

quality of life, elderly, active aging, health promotion