UPDATE | POLICE have confirmed a 72-year-old man, reported missing from Helensvale, has been found safe and well on the Gold Coast on Sunday night.

EARLIER @ 07.00am December 29 | Police are appealing for help to find a 72-year-old man missing from Helensvale.

He was last seen leaving an aged care facility on Lindfield Road around 8.30am on December 28, however has not been heard from since.

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Concerns are being held for his welfare as he suffers a medical condition and may be disorientated.

The missing man is described as Caucasian, around 186cm tall with grey hair and brown eyes.

He was last seen wearing a navy blue sports t-shirt with a darker design on the front, navy blue soccer shorts and thongs on with socks and was carrying a bag with his soccer boots inside.