Waiting - how long should you wait??

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Should I wait? How long should I wait?? (a recent dilemma)

A friend is taking me out for my birthday and she is late. As I sit here wondering why, I also wonder how long I should wait! Instead of thinking too long and hard about it, I just pick up my phone and call her.  There’s no answer! I wait some more, order a beverage and think again!  Well, I call her again and this time she answers!  Oh dear, she says I will be there soon! She arrives a total of 25 minutes late and I’m thinking- no big deal! It can happen to anyone!  The trouble is that it is VERY unusual for her!  She comes casually dressed but no makeup , no jewelry and her hair is a mess! That is also VERY unusual for her! 
She tells me she slept late and that she had to deal with this woman and her own daughter because they had been sleeping at her house for the last few nights.  She does not know this woman and does not even know her name. They have been sleeping upstairs where there are no beds etc. and she does not know why. This is also VERY unusual behavior for my friend. She would never let some stranger sleep at her house!  
After some conversation and questions from me, she realizes that this was not real and must have been part of or a continuation of a dream!
 My friend just turned 82. She is safe. She has these lapse in memory occasionally and now for the second time her dreams are melding into her reality! 
How long should I wait?
Do I alert her family soon? 
Waiting 25 minutes in a café is easy but this is something new for me. It's a dilemma because telling her family now would make life difficult for her but waiting too long would also do that!
For now, I'll wait!

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