Health, social and legal supports for migrant agricultural workers in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: a scoping review.

Introduction: We carried out a scoping review to examine what previous literature can teach us about practices and possibilities for support services for migrant agricultural workers.

Methods: Following guidelines for scoping reviews as outlined by Arksey and O'Malley (2005) and further refined by Levac et. al (2010) we conducted searches of several databases and two additional searches to capture regions of focus and more current literature.

Polypharmacy among disabled Taiwanese elderly: a longitudinal observational study.

Background And Objective: It is not known whether the correlates of polypharmacy among disabled elderly are similar to those for older adults in general. Furthermore, data on polypharmacy in the Taiwanese population are limited. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the prevalence and correlates of polypharmacy among disabled Taiwanese elderly (aged >or=65 years).

Characteristics of outpatient prescriptions for frail Taiwanese elders with long-term care needs.

Objective: To describe medication prescription patterns and associated factors among frail Taiwanese elders with long-term care needs defined as having physical or cognitive functioning impairments.

Design: Longitudinal observational study from July 2001 to June 2002.

Setting: Community and Institutions.