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By TOM EHRICH c. 2011 Religion News Service INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) My sister and I stood in the assisted-living apartment set up for our 94-year-old father and realized the moment had passed. He needs to be in the health care unit at his retirement center. Assisted living would be too demanding. He will never again sleep…