A 70-year-old woman visits her 72-year-old husband who has advanced Alzheimer's disease and is hospitalized with pneumonia.She tells the nurse that it is a relief to have someone besides herself care for her husband because she is physically and mentally exhausted from caring for him at home.She says she has no family to help her and that they cannot afford institutional care for her husband.What is an appropriate nursing diagnosis for the patient's wife?

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The patient's wife is experiencing caregiver role strain due to limited resources for caregiving, including lack of family support and inability to afford institutional care for her husband. She is physically and mentally exhausted from caring for him at home, which further supports this nursing diagnosis. While anxiety related to financial insecurity may be a contributing factor, it is not the primary nursing diagnosis in this case. Ineffective health maintenance and social isolation may also be present, but they are not the most appropriate nursing diagnosis given the information provided.

A 70-Year-Old Woman Visits Her 72-Year-Old Husband Who Has Advanced