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SUICIDE PREVALENCE IN LBD, PD, AND DEMENTIA Suicide The prevalence of SI, suicide attempts, and suicide in LBD are not well researched. Implications for LBD Younger individuals with LBD and those of white race may be at a higher risk of suicide based on studies in PD and dementia (Table 1). Research suggests, though, that most individuals with dementia do not access palliative care or access it only in the last weeks of life.80 In a recent study of end of life in LBD, survey respondents said that hospice was used by 78% of individuals with LBD (higher than prior dementia studies), but 40% had hospice initiated less than a month before death.18 Additionally, some caregivers of individuals who died with LBD reported that they were never told that LBD could be terminal. [Extracted from the article]