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Werner Van Zweel Case Study

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“With the FMI income protector, I have less stress, and with this disease, stress is a killer.” — Werner Van Zweel Before being diagnosed with the physically debilitating and degenerative Motor Neuron Disease at forty-seven, Werner Van Zweel was a small business owner and passionate musician living in Gauteng. The first time Werner knew something was wrong was when he started experiencing problems with his vocal chords — he couldn’t sing properly. Werner is now completely immobile and confined to a wheelchair. For family support, he and his partner, Susan, recently moved to Somerset West in the Cape. However, many adjustments had to be made to their home to give Werner as much independence and mobility as possible. Werner’s electric wheelchair

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