Late-night search finds 87-year-old missing man Lewis Hewitt

Lewis Hewitt has been found. Photo / Supplied

A 87-year-old man who went missing from a rest home in Ōmokoroa last night has been found.

Lewis Hewitt, who suffers from "slight dementia", took a car from his rest home and left about 4pm yesterday.

The man's daughter, Michelle Verster Hewitt began a frantic search, using local Bay of Plenty Facebook pages to bolster the effort in hopes of finding him.

She said her dad, Lewis Hewitt, had "slight dementia" and had been missing since about 4pm.

"He took a car from the rest home, he has not driven for years," the post read.

"He is driving a grey Nissan Murano. Rego JUU674. The vehicle had half a tank of petrol.

"Please keep a lookout in your area he could be anywhere. We have checked all his place he would have been to in previous years."

Michelle said Lewis could be in Katikati, Mount Maunganui, Te Puke or Te Puna.

She later updated the post to say he had been found and thanking the public for their help and concern.

A police spokeswoman said she could not make any comment at this stage.