Objective Based on the patient-centered concept, to produce self-management education materials for elderly patients with chronic heart failure that meeting their needs and characteristics and easily understanding, so as to enhance the effectiveness of health education.Methods Based on the evidence-based approach, a systematic search and summary of the best evidence for self-management of patients with chronic heart failure were conducted; qualitative interviews were used to understand the needs and preferences of elderly patients with chronic heart failure for educational materials; combining the results of the best evidence summary and patient needs and preferences, a self-management education content system was constructed, and the relevant evidence content was transformed into an easily understanding expression form in accordance with the requirements of the patient education materials assessment tool for understandability and actionability; focus group interviews were used to understand the opinions of stakeholders on the materials and make iterative revisions; the patient education materials assessment tool was adopted by external review panel members to test the understandability and actionability of the materials.Results The self-management education materials for elderly patients with chronic heart failure were constructed, covering six aspects:disease-related knowledge, medication management, symptom monitoring, dietary management, exercise, and lifestyle.The education materials were presented in the form of a manual and accompanied by a set of animated videos.The standardized score for the evaluation of the self-management education materials for elderly patients with chronic heart failure was 86.96, and the standardized scores for comprehensibility and actionability were 83.42 and 83.12 respectively.Conclusion The self-management education materials for elderly patients with chronic heart failure demonstrate good comprehensibility and actionability, it is conducive to patients′ understanding of the materials and enhancing their self-management abilities.