Heroic is not minimal. Food and water, basic hygiene are minimal. Yes -- everyone is due minimal care. The hospital, however, should have the ability to release such patients to the care of relatives.
Then who pays for that? In home care is not cheap and I doubt that the Schindler's are able to provide 'round the clock care for Terri.
I'm not heartless regardless of what some other posters have said. I know from experience, that my stroked out Grandmother needed more care than either I or my mother could provide. A Home was the only place for her following the "heroic measures" that she specifically did not want and that caused her to linger for four more months when she would have gladly gone home to Jesus.