Aids for Communicating with Hospitalized People (Score 1)

If the hospital where your grandmother is at has a pediatric speech and hearing clinic, wander over and visit them. A number of other writers have suggested products like Boardmaker (Mayer-Johnson) and Dynavox products. Depending on your grandmother's level of functioning, she may only be able to operate a one-button switch right now. The most common type is called a Big Mack. The pediatric rehab and speech clinic would likely be kind enough to loan you a simple device, and help you make some communication boards that your grandmother can use. There is also probably also a geriatric speech and hearing person on staff in the hospital who specializes in the same thing. Don't try to go it alone -- there are lots of resources out there to lend support. Plug into those and give them the information they need to get to work.