House of Assembly Fifty-First Parliament, Second Session (51-2) 51 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Ministerial Statement Ministerial Statement Home Support Services HOME SUPPORT SERVICES The Hon. J.D. HILL House of Assembly Kaurna Minister for Health Minister for the Southern Suburbs Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts) (15:16): I seek leave to make a ministerial statement. Leave granted. The Hon. J.D. HILL House of Assembly The Hon. J.D. HILL: On Thursday 5 June this year the member for MacKillop asked me about a 65 year old resident of his electorate whose home support services had been progressively reduced and finally terminated in the first half of this year. I asked the honourable member whether he had written to me on the issue. He said, 'You have correspondence.' I responded, 'From you?' 'Yes,' he said, nodding to the deputy leader. A thorough search by my correspondence officers found no correspondence on the matter described to me by either the member for MacKillop or the deputy leader. I have however received a letter from their federal colleague the member for Barker, Mr Patrick Secker, to which I replied in February. The individual in question had received domestic help for a period of almost five years through Home and Community Care funded services. The need for this help is continually reassessed; and in this case a functional profile test conducted in January this year demonstrated that the individual had scored 30 out of 31, which indicated a level of independence. Consequently, the domestic help was terminated. If he did write to me, the honourable member might like to give me a copy of his letter so that I can check it up directly.