Futunoti
a Ishiwi lya kuti AD lyafuma kwi shina lya kwa Alois Alzheimer, dokota umwina Germany uwabalilepo ukulondolola ubu bulwele mu 1906 pa numa ya kulepula icitumbi ca muntu uwalwele sana dementia. Cishimikwo kuti ubulwele bwa AD e bulenga amaperesenti ukucila 60 aya malwele ya dementia ayambukila amaperesenti 10 ya bantu abacila imyaka 65. Umusango umbi uwa dementia, uwitwa multi-infarct dementia, uulengwa na balupuma abashakalipa, abonaula bongobongo.