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Wed, Jun 20th 2007

i have a relative that i think has the beginning of alzheimers. Sorry for the spelling. He has for quite awhile been asking the same questions over & over & telling the same stories. He is 79 years old. But the other day he pulled a new one on us. He got an impulse to go to one of the relatives house & try to have an affair knowing of the consequinces but he just had to do it no matter what. Nothing happen because she was not interested. Can you give me your opinion as to what you think he has? Is it a disorder, dementia or what? Thank for your advise.

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