Vidán MT, Sánchez FJM, Sánchez E, et al. - In elderly patients, researchers assessed the capabilities to complete vital tasks for heart failure (HF) self-management, as well as its its impact on postdischarge prognosis. Participants were 415 patients ≥ 70 years old hospitalized for HF. These individuals were observed for 1 year with regard to the ability to perform six particular tasks (use of a scale, weight registration, diuretic identification, knowledge of salted foods, edema identification, and treatment adjustment). The assessment of the correlation with the self-administered questionnaire European HF Self-care Behaviour Scale was also done. Findings revealed the inability of most of the elderly patients admitted for HF to perform various essential tasks required for HF self-care. In this study, a poor correlation of self-perception of care with real ability was identified. Also, a higher 1-year mortality risk was reported in relation to poor self-care ability. Only 5.3% of these patients were able to perform the six tasks correctly.