[(https://blog.frontiersin.org/2022/12/20/lonely-heart-failure-patients-face-worse-outcomes-than-sociable-peers/) Social frailty, which includes the loss of social roles, social networks, and social activities, is widely identified as a risk to healthy aging. A new study is the first to show a close association between the loss of perceived social role amongst friends and family and poor clinical outcomes for older heart failure patients. These findings suggest that social engagement and activities should form part of the aftercare program for these patients. Older heart failure patients who f…