'Traa dy liooar' till to help dementia sufferers with shopping

Dementia sufferers on the Isle of Man are being given more time to do their shopping in Tesco. 

 

A new till - with the Manx motto 'time enough' - is being launched at the supermarket today to coincide with Dementia Awareness Week.

 

It's designed to allow people to move through the checkout at a slower speed - staff have also undertaken a 'Dementia Friends' session so they understand the challenges people can face. 

 

The Alzheimer's Society - which wants to make the Island a 'dementia friendly nation' - is behind the project; Susan Walker says it can be daunting for someone with a memory problem: