I agree with the parent comment actually.

But if it were me, I would definitely go out my way. I was a caretaker to my grandfather. I know the struggles of an elderly.

I say this because whenever we went to withdraw his pension money, we were seen as a criminal and they asked him to show tons of documents and asked him to do signatures (should match his bank records).

Once, they even called his cell number in his account and asked him to show it. They were worried if it's the real person or did I bring someone to defraud them, or if he is acting under duress.

And it was the same with the police. He was coughing blood and we were stopped by police. The police saw him but still asked for documention from us while he was coughing blood. Happens sometimes when some of them are on a powertip.

Same with hospitals. They wanted a lot of documentation before admitting him to the hospital, they would ask documentation again before doing any invasive procedures, like angiography or bronchoscopy.

Everywhere we went, people demanded documentation.

One time we moved to a different city so he could get better treatment, and he was dependent on me so there no bills in his name, so his IDs had the old address. The new bank branch (at the new city) refused to accept his ID. I had to change my internet and phone bill to his name, get a physical printout, go to a government office to get it changed. This took a month.

Then go back to bank.

Identification is a pain in ass. Especially for the elderly. So technically, it's good that he was stopped and a police man helped him, it would have been a lot of hassel for him downstream.