Are you talking about his Summer vacation? His grandmom lives in a highrise apt... Maybe that was it.. I should have been more specific. The 1st time he went to see her this yr, it was him and campaign staff, and he blew off autograph seekers in bldg... He took campaign staff to see his grandmom...very bizarre and too bad grandmom has not spoken about it all (if she is even capable).
This appears to show Obama and daughter visiting Obama's grandmother. This must be the apartment building rather than a hospital.
The article about the visit with campaign staff also says that reporters and camera crews were present Obviously the reporters did not actually get into the apartment or we would have heard about it, so maybe the staff did not either.
Here's Obama going up in the elevator during the frist visit. Maybe they are hidden but you can't see any staff in the elevator:
As for the grandmother being able to speak, she spoke in an Obama ad during the primary campaign.