ADLs

ADL, activities ordinarily performed day by day by the average person in a society, personal care activities of average person essential for everyday living (such as eating, dressing, bathing and other personal care activities)

Activities of daily living.

The things we normally do in daily living including any daily activity we perform for self-care (such as feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, grooming), work, homemaking, and leisure. The ability or inability to perform ADLs can be used as a very practical measure of ability/disability in many disorders.