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[quote=Anonymous]Op, what support do you think the college should be giving the roommate?  They recognized that they were not able to give the roommate the help she needed on campus so she is now somewhere where she's getting 24/7 support and help from trained professionals.  
I'm sure the roommate loves visits from your DD - visitors are wonderful when you're in the hospital.  But I'm having a hard time understanding what your DD is doing that should be taken over by the school.  What type of actual help is she proving that can or should be taken over by someone else from school rather than someone at the hospital?

Your DD *does* need the kind of support the college should be equipped to provide - she needs support in learning self-advocacy, setting boundaries, establishing priorities, and recognizing appropriate roles and relationships.  Those are not easy skills for a kind and caring 18 year old, but they are important life skills.  
Please focus on your own DD and not the roommate and help her gracefully extricate herself from this situation and realize that the roommate is in a safe place now being cared for.  [/quote]

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