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Objectives: Approaching the old age and living in care homes may lead to decrease in the life satifaction&nbsp;of the elderly people. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of group forgiveness&nbsp;intervention on life satisfaction of the elderly people living in care homes. Methods & Materials:&nbsp;The research method of the study is interventional, quasi-experimental. A total&nbsp;of 55 participants from 4 elderly care homes in Tehran, Iran were selected by random cluster sampling&nbsp;method and randomly divided into 2 groups of experimental and control. They completed questionnaire&nbsp;of life satisfaction and 8 sessions of group forgiveness intervention were held for the experimental group&nbsp;and control group received conventional treatment interventions. Finally, their life satisfaction was assessed&nbsp;in both groups again. The instruments for data collection were demographic information form&nbsp;and life satisfaction inventory-Z (LSI-Z) (1969) and the obtained data were analyzed by SPSS ver. 16. Results: There was no significant differences between 2 groups with regard to life satisfaction before&nbsp;the intervention. But the results of independent t test revealed that life satisfaction in the experimental&nbsp;group has increased compared to that in the control group and this difference is significant (P<0.001). Conclusion: Participating in forgiveness group sessions has impact upon the life satisfaction of the old&nbsp;people living in care centers and implementing a protocol to increase the forgiveness can help promote&nbsp;the quality of life of old people living in care homes.