Medication Administration Record Template

What a MAR sheet is

MAR is short for medication administration record. It is a grid. The medicines go down the left side and the days of the month go across the top. Each time someone gives a medicine, they write their initials in that day's box.

The home MAR on this page adds an initials key at the bottom. Each helper writes their initials and full name once, so anyone can see who gave what.

This MAR is for home use

This template is for families and friends who help someone at home. It does not claim to meet any state, agency or facility rule.

Care homes, home care agencies, group homes, schools and camps often have to use a set form. If you work for one of them, use the form your state, agency or facility gives you.

How to fill in a home MAR

1. Type each medicine and its amount exactly as the label says.
2. Type the time from the label. If a medicine is given more than once a day, give each time its own row.
3. Pick the month in "Start date". The sheet shows every day of that month.
4. Print it, and fill in the initials key at the bottom.
5. Each time you give a medicine, write your initials in that day's box.
6. Use the notes lines for anything the next helper should know.

If you track shots, turn on the injection site column. Each medicine then gets a second row to write the spot used.

Tips for families who share care

• Keep one MAR in one place, so nobody has to guess whether a dose was given.
• Ask each helper to initial right away, not later from memory.
• When a label changes, print a new sheet rather than crossing out old lines.
• AHRQ, a US health agency, says to bring a friend or family member when you visit the doctor, and to write down what the health care team tells you.

For a plain week by week log, pick the weekly layout. For one day with room for the time each dose was given, use the daily medication chart. To list every medicine with what it is for, use the medication list template, and for all layouts go to the printable medication log home page.

How many medicines fit on one page

The monthly MAR packs a box for every day of the month into each row, so it holds fewer medicines. Our 4 October 2026 print test in Chromium (the open source base of Chrome), with 3 blank rows, gave these counts:

For a longer list, print the MAR on two pages and keep them together in the care binder.