Spas, without being there, I think you did the right thing.
I work with mentally ill and dementia patients every day, and it does sound like she may be in the early stages of one or the other.
One thing I've found is that they can rote recite their addresses. I would have asked for that, and paid for bus or cab fair.
If she couldn't give me an address, I would have called the police - discreetly of course - and had them run her name, which I would have asked for.
Josh
I work with mentally ill and dementia patients every day, and it does sound like she may be in the early stages of one or the other.
One thing I've found is that they can rote recite their addresses. I would have asked for that, and paid for bus or cab fair.
If she couldn't give me an address, I would have called the police - discreetly of course - and had them run her name, which I would have asked for.
Josh