ABSTRACT
Care amongst minority communities is becoming an increasing area of research as first-generation migrants grow older. This chapter examines issues of gendered and family care provision and the use of services that that arose in the interviews. Bangladeshis are noted for their lack of engagement with care services. It discusses the experiences of widows and the small group of women who are part of polygamous marriages where regulations around polygamy are vague and difficult to ascertain especially in widowhood. The chapter shows how declining health has created a dependency on the health and welfare system in the UK that for many precludes any permanent return to Bangladesh. This highlights the interaction of health, ageing, care, gender and place and offers a new insight into the complexity of the care needs of minority groups. The care role performed by migrant women is part of the wider process of the reproduction of gender roles that migrant women perform.
