This is the first book in anthropology to provide strategies for the collection of qualitative and comparative data about aging, representing state-of-the-art techniques including cross-cultural and life-cyle studies of aging. Covering ethnic communities in the U.S. as well as other countries, New Methods for Old-Age Research is an indispensable resource and critical guide to research methods for professionals and students of gerontology, anthropology, and the social sciences in general.