“Carianne has provided empathetic and insightful support the the rehabilitation process. As a speech therapist, her role in the rehabilitation team has been critical to Eugene’s improvement on more levels than can be seen or measured. In addition to the positive strides in his ability to communicate facilitated by her therapeutic skills, both the patient and his wife looked forward to her therapy sessions for the warmth and genuine interest that she showed in their well-being."

We had the absolute pleasure and honor to have met Carianne in Mei of 2020. She has made such a difference and played a very valuable roll in our lives. After a crainiotomy, my husband (Johan)was not able to speak for 3 weeks. Thanks to all of Carianne's great tips, advice,guidance and patience, he was able to put all of his words back in order, sorting his filling cabinets in his brain. She made the therapy fun and helped us make it part of our everyday lives. This year we unfortunately had to take on the same journey,after another procedure and ince again due to the consistent exercises, support,care and dedication from Carianne, we were again able to communicate so much better and faster. Johan's speech is improving everyday. We are forever thankful that we were able to have met Carianne and take on this challenge together. We just call her ~Simply the Best ❤️

The Cape Rehab Team was our life line and our only hope when the unthinkable happened and my husband (Roelof) suffered a massive stroke at the age of 52, losing the ability to speak and read and write, as well as losing control of the right side of his body. Fortunately for us we were put in touch with this team of professionals when Roelof was released from the Vincent Palotti rehab centre after a few months, still unable to speak, but at least with some mobility. I was so relieved to see how dedicated and knowledgeable the therapists at the Cape Rehab centre were, giving us hope of further recovery. It was a long and difficult road for Roelof to learn to speak again - the severity of his brain injury made speech unlikely to ever happen - and it took utter dedication from both Roelof and his speech therapist Carianne Vermeulen to keep going when it seemed impossible. Carianne and her team had to keep finding new methods that would work for such a severe case, to break through every ceiling that was reached, to stay patient, and to not give up on us. And now, looking back on the past 2.5 years with the Cape Rehab Team, it is incredible to see how far Roelof has come, how much work went into his rehabilitation, and how he steadily got his confidence and quality of life back again. I also found great value in the support group meetings that they offered for us, the families of stroke survivors, providing emotional support and information on how to deal with a life event that strikes out of the blue and for which no one is ever prepared. We are truly fortunate to have had access to such a professional rehab facility and their dedicated team of therapists. Thank you all!