The Guardian has part of the answer:
This year, Lynne Featherstone, Lib Dem MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, plans to visit all the residential care homes in her constituency. “That’s what the recess is for,” she says. “It’s a chance to really focus on a single group.”
Lynne Featherstone 
Good work, Lynne. I wish all MPs had the same attitude to the recess: as a time to concentrate on their constituency, rather than an extended summer holiday.