Authorities were asking for help from the community in finding a missing Auburn woman last seen leaving her Auburn home on Thanksgiving night.

Auburn police said 88-year-old Patricia Schrader left her Auburn home around 7 p.m. Thursday. She was expected at her family's home in Grass Valley, but she never arrived.

Schrader's sister reported her missing after she was around an hour overdue.

Police noted that Schrader has a history of dementia.

The car Schrader was believed to be driving is a blue Honda Civic with the California license plate number 7GLV185.

Flock cameras last picked up Schrader's vehicle on Nov. 19, with police saying it's believed to be irrelevant to the investigation. 

They were also able to ping her phone, which showed GPS coordinates in the area of Donner Pass Road near Norden. The area was searched, but police said they were not able to locate Schrader. 

Early Friday afternoon, Auburn police announced that she had been found safe thanks to the help of an off-duty Sacramento County Sheriff's Office deputy and the Placer County Sheriff's Office. Exactly where she was found was not disclosed.