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  Activities of daily living (ADLs)

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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.

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