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SharonRuth
08/05/09

My Dad has Alzheimers and lives by himself. I think he needs to go into a facility.

Dad lives by himself.  About 2 years ago it started with him not wanting to be around us at all.  Then we learned he was hallucinating.  He was actually shooting at the people he saw.  (He lived on 30 acres at that time.)  The people were touching his stuff so he packed all…

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