John Parker has been diagnosed with cancer and needs financial advice
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Being diagnosed with cancer starts a chain of emotional and physical challenges. It also brings financial ones.
For John Parker, an 80-year-old retired doctor, the most important consideration is whether his wife will be supported financially if he passes away before her.
Mr Parker, who asked to speak under a pseudonym, has chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Although it does not yet require treatment, the prognosis implies he will die before his 77-year-old wife, who is in good health.
“I want to know that if I die before her, which I expect to happen, she will be prepared financially and will be able to move into a care home if she needs to,” he said.