A patient with Alzheimer's disease (AD) is hospitalized with a urinary tract infection. The spouse tells the nurse, "I am just exhausted from the constant care and worry. We don't have any children and we can't afford a nursing home. I don't know what to do." The most appropriate nursing diagnosis for the spouse is
A) anxiety related to limited financial resources.
B) ineffective health maintenance related to stress.
C) caregiver role strain related to limited resources for caregiving.
D) social isolation related to unrelieved caregiving responsibilities.
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