Getting lost easily can be an early sign of dementia. There was a tragic case of an elderly local couple planning on riding up to the Blue Ridge Parkway for lunch after church getting lost in a surprise snowstorm and ending up dying, they were well into VA from their native northwest NC when they were finally found. How old is this great grandmother?
71
One of my mom's aunts became increasingly confused after she got into her eighties, but she was an independent cuss and kept driving her big old boat of a car (which handled like an aircraft carrier) until she once set out for a beauty shop just outside of her small Iowa town and ended up finally asking for directions from a state trooper well into Minnesota. Her rambling days came to an end shortly after that trip.
Not too long ago, a woman died about 25 miles from us after her car was hit by a train; it was supposedly all due to a bit of alcohol and a GPS that essentially stuck her in a cul-de-sac that was made all the more confusing by darkness.
Mr. niteowl77