Alberta form
AISH application medical report
Alberta’s Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) application uses a Disability Assistance Medical Report completed by a health professional. The same medical report is used when the person is applying through Alberta’s disability assistance process (AISH and ADAP). It is not T2201 and it is not CPP Disability. Alberta is asking whether a severe handicap substantially limits the person’s ability to earn a living and is likely to be permanent.
What the medical report is asking
The applicant completes the disability assistance application. You complete the medical report. Alberta is looking for a severe handicap — mental or physical — that substantially limits the ability to earn a livelihood, expected to remain. A bad year of depression that you expect to remit with treatment is usually not AISH. A progressive neurologic disease with no realistic return to competitive work may be.
Get the current Disability Assistance Medical Report from Alberta.ca (AISH and ADAP apply pages). The applicant can upload it with an online application, or you can fax or mail it to the address Alberta publishes. Do not send it to CRA or Service Canada. The applicant pays your fee unless they are on Income Support and Alberta’s published exception applies — check the current Alberta.ca note, not clinic folklore.
You are not the eligibility officer
You describe diagnosis, duration, treatment, and how the condition limits work and daily function. Alberta decides AISH. Do not promise the patient they “will get AISH” because you signed the report.
Who may complete the report
- The treating physician or nurse practitioner who has assessed the person and can defend the file.
- Specialists should complete or co-sign when the handicap lives in that specialty and the primary-care chart is thin.
- Do not complete a report from a walk-in visit that was booked only to “get AISH paperwork” if you have no history and no corroboration.
- Allied health assessments can be attached. They do not replace the medical report Alberta asked for.
If you started care this year, say so. Alberta can tell when a brand-new relationship is carrying a claim of decade-long disability.
How to complete the clinical sections
Write livelihood, not a problem list. What work could this person still do in Alberta’s labour market, with treatment and reasonable aids? If the answer is none, say why in functional language. If they could do part-time sedentary work on good days, do not write “unemployable.”
- Diagnoses with onset and the date function reached the current level.
- Investigations and treatment: current regimen, failed trials, whether they engage with care. Residual function on treatment is what Alberta needs.
- Mental health: adaptive function — attendance, pace, memory, interpersonal conflict, need for prompts — not only a PHQ-9 score.
- Physical: sitting, standing, lifting, walking distance, need for rest, devices.
- Permanence: likely to continue. If you expect recovery in six months, say that. Do not upgrade permanence to help the application.
- Other benefits: if you also completed CPP-D or T2201, do not assume the tests match. Copying “markedly restricted in walking” does not automatically mean AISH.
Worked example (fictional)
Severe handicap — adult, family practice
Fictional 34-year-old in Edmonton. Do not copy into a real AISH medical report.
Conditions: schizophrenia, diagnosed 2018; residual negative symptoms and treatment-resistant auditory hallucinations on clozapine. Two admissions in the last 5 years, last 2024. Livelihood: last competitive work 2019 (part-time dishwashing), ended after attendance collapsed. Cannot sustain a simple job: needs daily outreach prompts to leave the apartment; thought disorder derails a 15-minute task; becomes overwhelmed in noisy workplaces. Daily function: independent with reminders for meds via blister pack and case management; does not independently manage banking or appointments. Treatment: clozapine, community mental health, depot history. Restriction is residual on treatment, not untreated. Permanence: present >5 years at this severity; likely ongoing. I am the family physician, shared care with psychiatry (consult 2026-03-12 attached).
Why Alberta sends the report back
- Diagnosis without effect on ability to earn a living.
- A temporary injury or a condition you expect to resolve, described as permanent.
- Chart notes that show recent work, school, or improvement that the report ignores.
- Missing identifiers, unsigned pages, or a report mailed to the wrong ministry.
- Treating AISH, CPP-D, and T2201 as one test.
Complete the AISH medical report from the visit
In Scribeberry, open Forms, search for the AISH or Disability Assistance medical report, or upload Alberta’s current PDF. Generate from the encounter and your notes, then review every field before you sign. The clinician still certifies the content. Scribeberry does not file with the Government of Alberta.
Frequently asked questions
Is AISH the same medical test as CPP Disability?
No. Both ask about severe, long-term limitation of work, but they are different programs with different statutes and forms. Complete Alberta’s Disability Assistance Medical Report. Do not submit ISP-2519 to AISH and hope it is accepted as a substitute unless Alberta has asked for existing reports.
Who pays for the medical report?
Usually the applicant. Alberta notes that the health professional may charge, and that people on Income Support may have a different rule. Check the current Alberta.ca apply page rather than assuming the clinic can bill AISH directly.
Can a nurse practitioner sign?
A treating nurse practitioner who has assessed the person can complete the medical report within scope. Attach specialist documentation when the handicap is outside what the primary-care file can defend.
Does Scribeberry submit the report to AISH?
No. Scribeberry helps you complete the PDF from clinical context. The applicant uploads it, or you fax or mail it using the coordinates on Alberta.ca. You keep a copy in the chart.
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