Dickens' friends range in age from forty to over one hundred. They live in care facilities, suffering from physical and mental disabilities that make it impossible for them to live alone or without constant medical attention. All too often, they are dismissed as nothing more than people who have lived too long. WRONG. They are people, unique individuals with past lives and present memories that they enjoy sharing, if someone will listen. Sometimes it takes a dog who loves people to let them know they will be heard. Dickens is that dog. These are some of their stories.