Who are they? Patients with heart failure in American skilled nursing facilities.

•34% of heart failure (HF) patients in skilled nursing facility (SNFs) had HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), 27% had reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), and 39% had non-specific International Classification of Diseases codes.•HF patients in SNFs suffer from multiple comorbidities and significant functional impairment.•HFpEF and HFrEF patients in SNFs had similar comorbidity burden and patterns.•50% of HF patients in SNFs used angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers and 39% used evidence-based β-blockers.