Jean Hammond

Jean Hammond is a family partnerships specialist on the Client and Family Integrated Care (CFIC) team. She first came to Holland Bloorview in 2008 as a parent of a child with a developmental disability and then joined the hospital’s Family Leadership Program as a volunteer in 2011. Jean joined the CFIC team in 2017, supporting Holland Bloorview’s award-winning Family Leadership Program, which comprises of 100+ volunteers who partner with the hospital and the Bloorview Research Institute to co-design, shape, and improve policies, programs, and services, and advance client and family-centred care. She is co-lead of the Transitions Steering Committee and lead for the Care for the Caregiver stream of the hospital’s Mental Health Strategy.

Media Expertise

patient family advocacy, lived experience (mother), caregiver support, patient & family engagement, rare disease (parent perspective)