[The elderly, memory, the stories: experiences in a home for dependent elderly]

The background and the motivation of the experience are reported (together with methodological details) as an experiment of nursing, which has proved successful in providing to the residents of Campansi Nursing Home (Siena) the gratifying opportunity of being "alive", as protagonists not only of old stories but also of a caring process where listening to memory and recognizing dignity to it occupy a central role. Excerpts from one of the residents stories complete the report.