Another update: I was driving to my granddaughter's birthday in San Diego (2 hours away) this morning when the hospital called to discuss my girlfriend's release. I was surprised because every night I ask about her progress and the floor nurse always says it could be a few more weeks, be patient etc. So I asked when they were going to release her and they said, Today, When can you pick her up? She's no longer a danger to herself. I was almost to San Diego so I said 5:00 tonight. OK. Then the worker called back and said the doctor said, Quote: If you're not here in an hour, we're giving her a bus pass and putting her on the sidewalk! I was appalled. Of course I turned around and headed right back, took about 1 1/2 hrs but she was still there. They wheeled her out with 4 security guards holding her in the wheelchair. I asked for care instructions, maybe aftercare referrals. I received an envelope full of papers. At home I read them, the referrals were a suicide hotline # and 2 homeless shelters! The rest was stuff saying things like, "if you still have hallucinations, go to the emergency room! She was asking if Obama called me as she got in my car! This is health care? It's outrageous!