An Older Adult Client Voices Concerns to the Nurse Regarding

An older adult client voices concerns to the nurse regarding the seemingly continued loss of family and friends to illness and death.The client states,"God is cruel.I have no one anymore.I am too old to make new friends;it's useless,everyone leaves me." Using Erickson's psychosocial theory,the nurse interprets the client's remarks.This client is:

A) Successfully mastering the stage of integrity versus despair.
B) Is having difficulty passing through the stage of generativity versus stagnation.
C) Is experiencing struggles to succeed in the stage of integrity versus despair.
D) Is demonstrating unsuccessful completion of the intimacy versus isolation stage of development.