Ipod touch 3rd gen home button and power button broken?

My iPod was working fine until a few weeks ago, when this started happening: every time you push the home button, it goes to the "slide to power off" screen, and then no matter if you slide to power off or if you click cancel, it shuts off after a few seconds and then tries to turn back on again. The same thing happens if you push the power/lock button for any amount of time. So, I can only run like 1 app unless I want to have to restart my whole iPod. In addition, sometimes when it tries to turn back on it tells me to plug it into iTunes, which I do and it tells me to restore it. I restored it, and then I unplugged it and it did the same exact thing, where any button press makes it turn off. I plugged it in again and it asked me to restore it again. Nothing seems to be working and I don't know if this is something that can be fixed or if I need a replacement?

You can turn it on via the Power button or by connecting the iPod to a charging source.

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