Grandma wants a home defense gun

[Barth]

Merry Christmas friends

My dad has a Ruger (I think it's a Speed Six) 4" 357 loaded with 38+P ammo.
Don't think it's been shot in 30 or 40 years.
I suspected some really old ammo was in it.
So a brought over some Federal Micro HST 38 ammo.
While upgrading the ammo I couldn't help but notice the gun was unloaded!
My Dad swore it was loaded I told him like that it's just a crappy club.
My mother is 86 years old, maybe 5 foot tall and weights about 100 lbs.
She has little hand strength and feels the Ruger is too heavy to operate.

With all this talk of gifting my Grandson a HK VP9 she has become interested in one too.
I'm taking mine over there to see if she likes it.

I don't own one.
But off the top of my head was thinking maybe a S&W Shield 380 EZ might work for her?
Thought I'd ask the crew for advice on options.
Suggestions, thoughts, ...

Thanks much, Barth