Vidán MT, Sánchez FJM, Sánchez E, et al. - Among 415 patients ≥ 70 years old hospitalized for heart failure (HF) and followed for 1 year, researchers assessed the abilities to perform essential tasks for HF self-management as well as its impact on the prognosis after discharge. Use of a scale, weight registration, diuretic identification, knowledge of salted foods, oedema identification, and treatment adjustment were the 6 specific tasks for which the ability to perform was tested among participants. On terciles of performance, they distributed the ability to perform these tasks. They assessed correlation with the self-administered questionnaire European HF Self-care Behaviour Scale. Findings revealed the inability of most of the elderly patients to perform various essential tasks required for HF self-care. A poor correlation between self-perception of care and real ability was found. A link between poor self-care ability and higher 1-year mortality risk was also evident.