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[quote=Anonymous]I was finally able to bring over my elderly dad (I am a naturalized citizen) who is 80 and very sweet and is in fairly good shape overall.
However once he arrived he started doing some pretty weird stuff. At first it was fairly innocent like shaking another man’s hand with both his hands but recently he got lost on a trail, a kind woman showed him directions and he patted her on her head out of gratitude! 
I am so mortified. I don’t want him to become a neighborhood creep people discuss on Nextdoor, or have to explain all this to the police if they end up getting called. Fwiw he’s never tried to pull anything like that off in his old country (people are, well, much less friendly there). 
Anyway, I forbid him to touch anyone he does not know well but I don’t really trust him not to do it anymore.

So how bad is it? Can he get in trouble for it? And what do I do, is it some sort of a mental health issue I need to discuss with his doctor? 
Honestly it feels so weird I don’t know what to do. [/quote]

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