The royal commission in Hobart has heard stories from both sides of the coin, from the despair of families who believe they have received sub-standard care for their family members, to those who enjoy and are cared for well by their aged care provider.

While royal commissions are often painful and focus a lot of the negative outcomes, or experiences that a person goes through, it's important at the end of the process to take a step back and look at the issue with some perspective.

Those who sign up to be aged care workers must be selfless because they often put their needs above others and work long hours with often high-need patients and clients.

Royal Commissions are tough, for the families who have chosen to tell their stories, to the patients, whose stories are being told, and the staff and management whose facilities' are being scrutinised in excruciating detail.

The picture that is being painted is often bleak but there is one important thing that needs to be kept in mind for all involved - change will never occur unless all the dirty laundry is brought out into the light.

A stretched system that is crumbling under increased demand and not enough staff requires structural change, which is why these stories need to be told.

The role of the commission is to gather all the evidence required to ensure meaningful change can be implemented from the ground up.

That is never going to happen is the sore, painful stories aren't being told.

The people who have spoken up both for and against the aged care system in Tasmania and further abroad should be congratulated for having the courage to speak up.

All eyes will be now the Commission and the government to ensure that these stories reflect real change and the pain these people had to go through in telling theirs was not in vain.